Sasha Vujacic of the Lakers and Goran Dragic of the Suns are Slovenians who don't like each other. Tension had been building between them throughout the Lakers-Suns series. It boiled over last night when Vujacic dropped Dragic with a blow to the face.
After burning Vujacic on a move during a 4th quarter comeback, Dragic approached his countryman and talked trash in Slovenian about Vujacic's family. Vujacic might be soft by NBA standards, but he wasn't about to stand for Steve Nash's backup talking about his mama. So he popped him. Barely.
Dragic flopped like he'd been punched by Mike Tyson. He fell to the ground, face in hands, and played up his "pain" like a diving soccer player. He felt a glancing blow, but he feigned agony as if Dwight Howard had rocked him.
After the game, Vujacic said, "If I wanted to intentionally hurt someone, I would've done that in a very different way." I would hope so, Sasha.
Their dislike for one another reportedly revolves around Vujacic's hard feelings for not being on the Slovenian basketball team while Dragic is a member. Imagine if Isiah Thomas had fought Michael Jordan after MJ blacklisted Zeke from the '92 Dream Team. There would have been more than a love tap between countrymen.
But not with these two Slovenians. They tap & dive, posture & jive and their fights end before they start.
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