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This must be a first that someone got called out for flopping in 2 consecutive games?
The $5,000 fine stung P.J. Tucker enough, but what hurt Tucker even more is the insinuation that a proud defender and tough guy is a flopper.
After getting a flopping warning in the previous game against Miami, Tucker was fined by the league for flopping in Tuesday night’s game at Denver when Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried fouled him from behind on a rebound. Tucker stumbled into the stanchion without much of a shove in the back. Tucker said he “fell kind of funny” and “sold it a little bit” but was definitely pushed.
“I’m still going to play like I play,” Tucker said. “It ain’t going to change nothing.
“Me getting fined $5,000 for flopping is something that couldn’t be so opposite of how I play. It’s more the implication that I’m a flopper. I think that bothers me more than the actual fine.”
The $5,000 fine stung P.J. Tucker enough, but what hurt Tucker even more is the insinuation that a proud defender and tough guy is a flopper.
After getting a flopping warning in the previous game against Miami, Tucker was fined by the league for flopping in Tuesday night’s game at Denver when Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried fouled him from behind on a rebound. Tucker stumbled into the stanchion without much of a shove in the back. Tucker said he “fell kind of funny” and “sold it a little bit” but was definitely pushed.
“I’m still going to play like I play,” Tucker said. “It ain’t going to change nothing.
“Me getting fined $5,000 for flopping is something that couldn’t be so opposite of how I play. It’s more the implication that I’m a flopper. I think that bothers me more than the actual fine.”