December 28, 2024

Twitter has enough of Kemba Walker’s flopping in Celtics-Heat Game 5

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Twitter could see through Kemba Walker’s flopping in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night even though the officials on the floor seemed to have problems detecting it.

The Celtics guard was risking whiplash whenever he threw his head back and contorted his body to make it look as if he had been gravely injured by a Heat player. Here are two of the more obvious instances, featuring Goran Dragic and Jimmy Butler:

Dragic was called for committing a “hostile act” with his off-balance contact.

Walker was not able to slide on the “contact” with Butler, however; he was called for the personal, which was upheld on review.

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Walker committed three fouls in the first half as Boston tried to force Game 6.

Walker’s embellishing gave social media a rare layup:

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