When the 76ers needed to get a stop late in the fourth quarter to seal a win, coach Brett Brown assigned Jimmy Butler to the man at the heart of the Detroit attack, Blake Griffin
After Butler drew a charge, he started talking to Griffin, who said a few words back and kept walking, but the two had to be separated.
There’s not much there, but Butler threw a verbal elbow at Griffin during his walk-off interview on ESPN.
Jimmy and Blake were going at each other late in the 4th 👀 pic.twitter.com/OwlCTYyhr3
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 8, 2018
This is what Butler does — get under the skin of opponents. He’s relentless as a player, and he talks plenty.
Butler backed up those words scoring 38 points to spark a 117-112 win on the road.
