Last night at the end of the half between the New Orleans Hornets and the Indiana Pacers, tempers started to boil over. Specifically Chris Paul was getting frustrated with being down to the much weaker Indiana Pacers. Paul has been getting frustrated a lot lately with the recent poor play of the Hornets.
And if you’re frustrated, there is very few players that will get under your skin more than Troy Murphy of the Pacers. Not that he does it on purpose, but mainly because he is a workhorse that loves to bump, push, nudge, and otherwise grind out every possession until the refs whistle signals a stoppage. I love playing on a team with players like that, I conversely hate playing against players like that.
So at the end of the half Chris Paul and Troy Murphy both go for the ball following the buzzer. Words were exchanged between the two, then out of nowhere Hilton “I think i’m a heavy but i’m really not” Armstrong comes in out of nowhere to defend his superstar point guard (Not that he really needed defending at the time).
Hilton Armstrong proceeds to push Murphy hard with two hands in the chest for seemingly no reason. My guess is, Armstrong just bought himself a suspension. Good job, that must have boosted Chris Paul’s spirits, huh? Check out the play for yourself….
