Mavericks center Salah Mejri has a history of agitating, including against the Spurs.
Two years ago, Mejri dunked while Dallas got blown out by San Antonio and yapped at the Spurs bench – drawing laughter from Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan. Last season, Mejri had Trevor Ariza and other Rockets trying to confront him after reportedly saying something about Ariza’s family.
In the Mavericks’ win over the Spurs on Tuesday, Mejri got into it with Patty Mills.
Earl K. Sneed of Mavs.com:
Mejri and Rudy Gay received double technical fouls, and Mejri went to the bench. Everything could have cooled down at halftime, but Mejri escalated tension
Watch the full sequence above, but the key moment:
That’ll probably draw a fine.