Teammate Jordan Goodwin and official Tre Maddox led Brooks back to the Phoenix bench while the play was reviewed. This was not their first confrontation. In the first half, Brooks had hip-checked Adams, knocking him to the court. Udoka went onto the court to check on his 7-footer. He said something to Brooks. Brooks responded. Udoka laughed. After the game, Brooks said Udoka accused him of flopping. Brooks said he disagreed. In fact, he had thought the Rockets had flopped all night, at one point calling Houston center Alperen Şengün a “flopping a–.” “I’ve never seen so many flops being rewarded on the other side,” Brooks said. “It honestly felt like I was in a FIBA game. Like playing basketball in FIBA, where you just get rewarded for flopping. That killed every single run. Couldn’t be physical, but the Rockets were physical, grabbing and holding. And when we tried to do it, there were calls right away. Got to fix that somehow, someway. They got to get in the lab and watch these things because that’s like every night.”
New York Times
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Dillon Brooks: 'I’ve never seen so many flops being rewarded on the other side. It honestly felt like I was in a FIBA game'
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