Wizards coach Scott Brooks isn’t saying that Kelly Oubre should have pushed Kelly Olynyk, but he kind of sees why Oubre did it.
After the Wizards forward was ejected for shoving Olynyk in response to a hard screen during Washington’s blowout Game 3 victory, Brooks shed light on the situation. The way he sees it, Olynyk has repeatedly taken shots at his players that haven’t gone called. Olynyk was given an offensive foul for the play that led to Oubre's push.
“I think we’ve got to control our emotions. We can’t respond that way, but when you get hit in the head a few times, I mean, we’re very competitive guys out there. Two teams [that] are very competitive,” Brooks told reporters. “You keep getting hit in the head, you might respond that way and I think that’s what he did.
“I’m not saying that that was the right thing to do. We have to focus on playing basketball. We can’t control what they’re doing; we just have to control within our gameplan and stay focused. I haven’t talked to him; definitely will talk to him. We’ve got to keep our control. You’ve got to let the referees call those calls. At that particular time, they did call the right call.”
Olynyk was noncommittal after the game when asked whether he felt Oubre should be suspended for the shove.