Corey Brewer has been the second scorer the Rockets have needed lately. He scored 17 straight points for the Rockets late in a close loss to the Blazers earlier in the week, when Portland’s defense had taken James Harden out of his game.
Sunday, he dunked all over Blake Griffin.
Credit Griffin for coming in and going for the block, but Brewer got up and made the play.
After the play, Brewer gave a little “get off me” push to Griffin, who retaliated with a push of his own, which Brewer tried to sell flopping back into the stanchion. The referees called a double technical, which is the right thing to call if you were going to call anything in this situation. (Although, I thought the refs let the game get away from them and get very chippy late. Questionable calls both ways. That said I agreed with the Griffin charge call at the end.)