Jason Terry receives flagrant foul 1
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The NBA has given Houston Rockets guard Jason Terry a flagrant foul 1 in addition to the technical he received Friday night that led to his ejection.
Terry was kicked out with eight minutes to play in the fourth quarter of Friday's Game 3 loss after pushing Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffinin the back and getting a technical foul. After getting shoved, Griffin stuck his leg out in an attempt to trip Terry.
"It's just one of those games," Terry said Saturday. "It's playoff basketball and I took a hard foul and so I got to be real careful and I don't want to get ejected in a game that can cost us in a close ballgame."
The Rockets have been subjected to multiple fines in the postseason. Terry was fined $5,000 for flopping in the first-round series against theDallas Mavericks,and Corey Brewer received the same fine for a flop in Game 2 of the Clippers series.
"I was more disappointed in our performance rather than the foul," said Terry, who apologized to his teammates for getting ejected. "Just not a good performance on our part. We watched the film (and) we hadn't gotten any sleep. We know the sense of urgency we have to play with in order to beat this team."
