The Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans are going at it hard in Game 4 of their playoff series. Leading 3-0, the Pelicans want to finish out the sweep at home and rest, awaiting their next opponents. Embarrassed by a mostly-terrible effort in Game 3 (and surrendering the 3rd seed in the Western Conference so easily), the Blazers are ready to fight it out. Tensions came to a head in two plays during the first half of Game 4.
Blazers guard CJ McCollum offered a hard foul in the first incident:
Reserve center Zach Collins got tangled up in an offensive rebounding scrum in the second, just before the half concluded, eliciting a strong clap-back from Pelicans guard Rajon Rondo:
Both videos come courtesy of NBC Sports Northwest Twitter.