Basketball legend Kevin Garnett and Chicago Bulls All-Star Joakim Noah have a marvelous history. Since Noah was drafted into the league in 2007, the same summer Garnett was dealt to the Boston Celtics, the two have gone back and forth as combatants, fueled equally by f-bombs and sharp elbows.
A relatively anonymous Sunday afternoon game between KG’s Nets and Noah’s Bulls wouldn’t seem to bring out that sort of back and forth once again, not with it still being November and with the Nets underperforming, but that didn’t stop Noah from endlessly jawing and Garnett from, well, pretending to bite the dude’s hand:
Garnett’s early foul trouble had, prior to this fourth quarter move, kept him on the bench for most of the contest as Noah’s Bulls rolled, but by the time KG returned to live action it was all nastiness all the time. Garnett and Noah both scored on each other, Noah talked and talked away, and KG both head-butted Noah’s chest and tried the bite routine.
To those that weren’t watching, this may come off as rather dirty on the 39-year old Garnett’s end and petulant on Noah’s end, but it wasn’t anything like that. In fact, it was entertaining as hell, and something I’m upset that Garnett’s foul trouble and Noah’s minute restriction got in the way of us watching for longer spells.
Noah scored three points but finished with 10 rebounds and three assists in his team’s 103-84 win, while Garnett ended the matinee performance with seven points, seven rebounds, and three assists.
(Thanks to For the Win for the heads up, and Ananth Pandian for the Vine.)
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