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Lance Stephenson caused quite a stir on Tuesday when he scored on a layup late in their game against the Toronto Raptors. Despite already leading by 15 points with only a few seconds left in the game, the Indiana Pacers swingman still added two more points to their total, which their opponents did not take lightly. His actions almost started a brawl as P.J. Tucker had a few choice words and charged towards him.
After the game, Tucker still continued his tirade by calling him “classless,” and said that he doesn't care what his reputation is. Stephenson on the other hand, apologized to the Raptors and made it clear that he did not mean to offend anyone from their organization.
However, a day after the incident, the 26-year-old Cincinnati product took to his Instagram account and questioned why some of the Raptors players reacted that way to his game-ending layup. Stephenson included a video where one of their players made a windmill dunk in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers with only 1.5 seconds remaining and already leading by a huge margin.
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It has been an unspoken rule that teams just dribble the time out especially in late game situations where the result has already been decided. Although nothing in the rule book states a team should do that, it has been a practice around the league as a sign of sportsmanship.
As it stands, both teams are not scheduled to play in the regular season anymore. However, there is a chance they will meet again in the playoffs depending on the final standings in the Eastern Conference. Should that happen, one thing that's certain is it will be a highly physical and hotly contested series, especially with the incident that happened on Tuesday night.
