We’re not even a quarter through the first quarter of Game 1 between the Warriors and Rockets, and things are getting chippy.
Stephen Curry and Patrick Beverley got tangled up after the whistle, and the scuffle led to both players being hit with double technicals.
Rockets' Patrick Beverley scraps with Warriors' Stephen Curry pic.twitter.com/AcqrEyOoAX
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) April 16, 2016
This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone. As one of the more physical guards in the NBA, Beverley was bound to get under Curry’s skin. It certainly didn’t take long for that to happen.