Shai Gilgeous-Alexander facing accusations after ‘dirty’ play on Austin Reaves
Los Angeles Lakers star Austin Reaves suffered an injury scare in the third quarter of Game 2 of their second-round matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. This is after an incident involving reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Reaves immediately hit the deck, clutching his right shoulder after getting tangled up with Gilgeous-Alexander.
The Thunder star appeared to have pulled on Reaves’ arm as he tried to get open at the top of the key. MORE: LeBron James gets support from Ric Flair after Luka Doncic rant The fans on social media are now calling out Gilgeous-Alexander for what they believe is a dirty play against Reaves. “That’s a crazy dirty play from SGA,” a comment on X read .
“Umm… that looked a little vicious from SGA on AR,” said another . “SGA just tried to take Austin’s arm out of its socket,” accused a user . “Did a dirty foul because the refs aren’t calling his flops lmao” a reaction read .
“Shai really tried to break Reaves arm,” alleged another . “suspend him for game 3,” demanded a viewer . The folks on social media clearly aren’t happy with Gilgeous-Alexander.
They are now accusing him of being a dirty player. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander called for Flagrant 1 against Austin Reaves The referees called an offensive foul against Gilgeous-Alexander on the play, his fourth in the game. The Thunder coaching staff disagreed with the call and challenged it.