02, February 3 Today, the Cavaliers beat the Grizzlies 128-113 at home.
After the game, Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell was interviewed.
Speaking of the mass confrontation caused by Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks hitting him in the genitals, Mitchell said: “At the end of the day, you have to protect yourself. It’s been brewing for years — me, and everybody else in the league.
You’ve all seen it. It’s not new. Tonight is where it ends. When you can’t guard somebody, you can’t do anything about somebody, it’s tough and you have to resort to that. That’s what he’s done with a lot of players
Yeah. To me, it’s like Damian (Lillard) and Steph (Curry). It’s just one of the things you have to do, which is cool, but I’m glad my teammates got it under control tonight
and supported me throughout the process.”
Regarding his specific feud with Brooks, Mitchell said: “We’ve been talking non-stop, but I wouldn’t go to this level. We’ve been talking to each other. You can look back. I think it was like two years ago,
Regular season, I played him 30 points a game, the two sides kept talking non-stop. We were just fine when we were just talking trash. But there it was, the lines had to be drawn. The NBA had to do something about it. I wasn’t
The only person that has had this happen, there is no place for that kind of behavior in this game. I figured it out myself. But at the end of the day, it shouldn’t be like this.
“I didn’t expect it to be like this. Maybe it’s cool to be able to turn on each other, it’s part of the game, but when you have a shitty move like that, there’s no need to do it. I didn’t expect that, it’s me
If you just can’t guard someone, say it, or get someone else. You know what I mean? That’s it. That’s the way it is.”