NBA playoffs 2018 Tensions between Wizards Raptors

"There's no love lost.""These teams REALLY don't like each other.""An old-fashioned slobberknocker."All of these cliches could be used to describe a chippy Game 3 of theRaptors-Wizards NBA playoff series.Hostilities started Austin Blythe Jersey le s than three minutes into the first quarter Friday when the Wizards' Markieff Morris hit the Raptors' OG Anunoby with a shoulderand the rookie responded with a hard shove.Markieff Morris shoves Raptors' OG Anunoby and things get heated between Wizards and Raptors gifdsports (@gifdsports) Both players received a technical foul, and Anunoby was also given a common foul for pulling Morris to the floor.MORE: Later in the first half, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry was given a flagrant foul John Johnson Jersey after appearing to hit Wizards guard Bradley Beal on the head while going for a block. Beal got up quickly after the initial contactand angrily ran over to the referee, but nothing appeared to come from that.Things really heated up in the third quarter.The stakes are high. The tensions are higher. SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) When all was said and done, Beal, John Wall and Serge Ibaka all received technical fouls.Acouple questions remain after thisincident:Should Jonas Valanciunas have been given a foul for playing keepaway from Beal? What did Wall say to Ibaka in the scrum that caused the big man to react like that?In the end, the Wizards turned the skirmish to their advantage and rattled off an 8-0 run shortly thereafter. They ended the third quarter leading by 19 points a lead theycarried until the final buzzer for a 122-103 victory.There was a lot oftalk after the game about the bad blood.Wizards guard Kelly Oubre Sean Mannion Jersey Jr. praised Morris for his toughne s.Kelly Oubre Jr. credited Markieff Morris for setting the tone in the game during that shoving match.Oubre: OG didnt read the scouting report. He didnt know Keef is one of the people you dont me s with in the world. Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) Morris talked about the importance of being physical.Markieff Morris on setting the physical tone: Nobodys gonna fight me. Marshall Faulk Jersey WizardsXTRA (@WizardsXTRA) Wall discu sed being a good teammate.More from Wall: "It's the playoffs. We're down 2-0. We're just being aggre sive. We know ain't nobody out there trying to fight or going to fight anybody. But if my teammates get into anything, I'm trying to back those guys up and play a physical, aggre sive game." Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) Raptors guard Delon Wright said the chippine s is part of what playoff basketball is all about as did Beal.Delon Wright: "I mean, everybody's competitive, so sometimes guys are talking and it gets a little chippy or whatever. We just have to do a better job of realizing they're probably trying to get us off our game and Gerald Everett Jersey stay focused, not let them get to us." Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) Chalk it up to postseason intensity. NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA)