The tension had been boiling all night between Marcus Morris and Jae Crowder, even before a fight broke out late in the Knicks’ 127-106 loss to the Grizzlies on Wednesday at the Garden.
But Morris didn’t hold back from voicing his feelings postgame, either.
“I think dude is just, he plays the game a different way. A lot of female tendencies on the court,” Morris said. “Flopping, throwing his head back the entire game. It’s a man’s game and you just get tired of it at the end of the day.
“When you step back and shoot a 3 and try to rub it in that they’re winning, it’s just unprofessional,” Morris added. “That’s soft. His game is soft. He’s soft. That’s how he carries [himself]. It’s just very woman-like.”
Later, Morris apologized for his comments.
“I apologize for using the term ‘female tendencies,’ Morris tweeted. “I have the upmost [sic] respect for women and everything they mean to us. It was a Heat of the moment response and I never intended for any Women to feel as though in anyway I’m disrespecting them. Again I apologize with my comments.”
Crowder was escorted out of the visitor’s locker room by security and didn’t speak to reporters. However, he responded on social media when later attacked by ESPN’s Tim Legler for foolishly taking the shot.
In all caps, Crowder responded, in part, “With all due respect I only play one way and that’s hard till the buzzer sounds. Im sorry if it disgusts you. I know Knicks are you [sic] team but you should tell them to play harder and less talking”
He then retweeted the video of Morris’ politically incorrect comments with another all-caps response, “THIS IS WHAT 5-17 LOOKS LIKE.!!”
Crowder pushed the Knicks over the edge with less than a minute to go in the fourth quarter when he stole a careless inbounds pass from Julius Randle, then went behind the 3-point line and chucked up a shot. Elfrid Payton wasn’t having it, shoving Crowder down with two hands as he got off the shot, sparking the scuffle.
Morris came over and shoved Ja Morant, who had gotten in the middle of the mess, which led to Morris’ technical foul and ejection for escalating the incident. At the time, the Grizzlies were up 124-106 and there were 48.1 seconds left.
Morris said he didn’t have a problem with Crowder making the steal. What came next is what ticked him off.
“Obviously at the end, that was very unprofessional,” Morris said. “They’re winning the game, that’s a good team. [Crowder] does stuff like that.”
Morris and Crowder — both former Celtics, though they never overlapped — had gotten tangled up earlier in the night. Morris, who finished with four personal fouls, was charged with an offensive foul for pushing Crowder in the first quarter and then were chirping later in the third quarter.
“The game is watered down,” Morris said. “It’s not tough. We can’t play physical, you can’t bump. It’s starting to get comical at this point.”
Asked if the way the game ended was related to Crowder’s actions or the Knicks’ frustrations boiling over, Morris picked the former.
“No frustration,” Morris said. “The game’s over. [If] y’all win the game, y’all win the game. You’re the better team that night. That [what Crowder did] is unprofessional on every level, no matter who it is. … He knows better. He’s a vet in this league. But that’s his tendencies, man.”
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