Regardless of all of the discuss and the alleged “dirty” performs from Dillon Brooks, Anthony Edwards obtained the higher of the Rockets on Thursday night time.
Edwards and Brooks had been going at it all through the sport, with the chippiness resulting in the 2 being separated on a number of events in Minnesota’s 127-114 triumph.
Edwards didn’t maintain again when talking concerning the showdown postgame.
“I love the competing part, but all the little slick, little dirty sh-t … he hit me in the face and then I fell and he’s like, ‘How much crying you gonna do?’” Edwards instructed reporters afterward.
Brooks has a repute for agitating his opponents — and Edwards has a repute for freely talking his thoughts in postgame press conferences.
“‘Bro, you hit me in my motherf–king face. What you want me to do?’” Edwards mentioned. “I just don’t like that part. Don’t do something and then act like you didn’t do it.”
Brooks felt that nothing was out of the strange, and as an alternative Edwards was getting favorable calls from the officiating crew.
“He’s just getting his whistle called … it’s ridiculous,” Brooks mentioned. “When a guy goes to the line [15] times, you can’t guard him. When is the defense ever gonna get rewarded?”
With the assistance of a 14-of-15 efficiency from the charity stripe, Edwards completed with 41 factors, seven rebounds and 6 assists.
The sport was tight and aggressive the entire method till Minnesota outscored Houston 35-16 within the remaining quarter.
“We can compete all day. We can talk s–t all day, but when you get to doing that it’s more than basketball at that point,” Edwards mentioned.
Brooks completed with 15 factors, three rebounds and an help in 34 minutes of play.
Brooks acquired two technical fouls within the recreation, one for the scrum with Edwards and one other for flopping.
Brooks is third within the league in technical fouls this season with 9, solely behind Draymond Inexperienced and Edwards, who has 11.
“Everybody know how Dillon Brooks is — he plays dirty,” Edwards mentioned. “He think he has a reputation of punking people.”
