The Auburn Tigers handled the Syracuse Orange in the game that would decide fifth place in the Battle 4 Atlantis.
The final was 89-68. Bruce Pearl’s team controlled the game throughout and won both halves by double digits.
Auburn’s freshman star Jabari Smith led the way with 22 points and took over the game for part of the second half.
The Tigers wanted to keep scoring and Smith did just that. He made a three and had some words for the Syracuse bench which had been talking all game.
Mike Waters of syracuse.com did not like that Smith showed fire or passion in a competitive environment. So he did what any of us would do. He tweeted about it.
Jabari Smith with a classless move.
He hits a 3 and then runs down court and yells at Jim Boeheim.
The refs T him up. Boeheim is just looking at Smith.
Bruce Pearl should yank the kid after that display.
— Mike Waters (@MikeWatersSYR) November 26, 2021
After this tweet, Auburn Basketball Twitter replied and quoted tweeted the Syracuse beat writer
— Brant (@brant_daughtry) November 26, 2021
— Skye Underwood (@SkyeUnderwood) November 27, 2021
— Keith Redding (@keithredding) November 26, 2021
— grief counseling is back thanks auburn (@sheabooskyy) November 27, 2021
Mike wants a participation trophy
— charlie5 (@the_charlie_5) November 26, 2021
Stay mad Mike
— IT’S BASKETBALL SEASON (@BigBarnerBrand) November 26, 2021
The only thing on display is gonna be this ratio https://t.co/gcJWXndoNF
— Bruce’s Caboose (@au_helmet) November 27, 2021
That’s my 👑. Alpha male on the court, if you don’t like It then stop him. https://t.co/fjTBePoLzc
— Eli Gravitt (@EliGravitt) November 27, 2021
This is one of the softest tweets I’ve ever seen https://t.co/glwinUTXXO
— Matt Landry (@Landry1117) November 27, 2021
There are literally hundreds of Auburn fans going after this tweet.
Auburn Basketball Twitter is a wild place.
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