SUMMARY
- Tari Eason who was on the sideline wore a shirt with a quote that read, "Warriors come out to play," at the recent Golden State Warriors vs Houston Rockets game.
- Klay Thompson didn't hold back from giving Eason a reality check in the postgame interview as he called his actions pretty lame.
The Golden State Warriors claimed victory over the Houston Rockets by 133-110 on Thursday night. It was an interesting match throughout and a fairly comfortable win for the San Francisco-based franchise. One of the off-the-court things that drew attention was Tari Eason donning a shirt with a quote to troll that ended up backfiring as his team lost and Warriors‘ Klay Thompson didn’t hold back from giving him a reality check.
Eason who was on the sideline wore a shirt with a quote that read, “Warriors come out to play.” This phrase is from “The Warriors” a film that was released back in 1979. After Thompson displayed a remarkable performance against the Rockets, dropping 29 points, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds in 29 minutes, he sat to give a postgame interview with reporters.
Klay Thompson on the Tari Eason taunt: “That’s pretty lame. Especially if you’re not even playing…But you’re just gonna be trolling from the sideline. Bro, what are we doing?” pic.twitter.com/Q0ucnj55jh
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Upon being asked about Eason, he responded by calling his actions pretty lame and said, “Especially if you’re not even playing.” Thompson went on to talk about how it’s one thing when you are playing and out there competing and can back it up. “But you’re just gonna be trolling from the sideline. Bro, what are we doing?” the 4x NBA Champion added.
Tari Eason posted an Instagram story with the same quote after 10th-straight win
Last week after the Houston Rockets recorded their 10th-straight win, Tari Eason took to his Instagram stories to share a video of himself speaking the quote. He added a screenshot of the Western Conference standings wherein the Rockets stood at 38-34, whereas, the Rockets had 37-35. Eason shouted the quote, “Warriors, come out to play,” and didn’t probably think twice before updating.
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In addition to this, he captioned the video with, “I know they not liking this.” Furthermore, now the Western Conference standings for the Rockets are 38-38 and they are just below the Warriors who have managed to have standings of 42-34. The Houston-based franchise is set to face the Miami Heat tomorrow while the Warriors compete against the Dallas Mavericks.
Why did Tari Eason miss the game against the Warriors?
Tari Eason has missed most of the current NBA 2023-24 season due to a leg injury. At the start of March, the head coach of the Houston Rockets announced that Eason would be missing the rest of the season because of the injury that required him to undergo surgery. It will keep him sidelined for four months, however, the coach assured that Eason will be able to join training camp for the next season.
“He had a benign growth on the inside of his heel, tibia bone,” Udoka mentioned. He continued to discuss how Eason took this blow early in the season, however, he had been playing through the pain. “Once the pain got too high, he shut it down,” he added. The team thought rest and rehab could help him, but the pain came back every time the workout ramped up.