DeMarcus Cousins isn't exactly known for subtlety. The Golden State Warriors center has long been known to get into several skirmishes earning him a plethora of technicals (123 for his career and five with the Dubs thus far) and subsequent suspensions as a result of going over the prescribed limit.
Tuesday night against the visiting Boston Celtics is again par for the course for Boogie. Down 28 at home with only a few minutes elapsed in the fourth quarter, Cousins was infuriated at an offensive foul call drawn by Celtics backup Aron Baynes on what he perceived to be a flop as he stood over him and uttered some choice words. This eventually escalated into a series of shoves into some Celtics players trying to pacify him before pulling out.
Boogie Cousins getting heated vs the Celtics pic.twitter.com/BhtIigpJpW
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It wasn't a good night for the former Kentucky Wildcat. It's not so much that he finished with just 10 points (shooting 33 percent from the field and missing all five three-point attempts), nine rebounds, and four assists, but the fact that he was instrumental to the blowout loss. His pick and roll defense have been widely criticized all season in the midst of his recovery from a ruptured Achilles, as teams relished being switched on to him or having bigs roll hard knowing that his suspect defense exacerbated by limited mobility would be guaranteed buckets.
Still, the Warriors are positive that their chief offseason acquisition remains a major component of their title hopes moving forward, with the team eyeing to ease up his load management and having him play back-to-back games.
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