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Reserve guard Austin Rivers played a huge role in Wednesday’s Rockets victory over the Clippers in Houston by helping limit Los Angeles guard Lou Williams to an inefficient 8-of-22 shooting night.
On the other end of the court, Rivers contributed to the box score with 7 points in 34 minutes. He didn’t record an assist in the game, but he did have an unofficial one on the fourth-quarter ejection of his father, Doc Rivers, who coaches the Clippers.
With Doc coach miffed over a controversial call and yelling at the game officials, Austin laughed and repeatedly signaled for the officials to give his father a technical foul. Ultimately, they gave him two, and the younger Rivers smiled as his father left the court.
Austin Rivers wanted the refs to give his dad a tech 🤣 pic.twitter.com/zKRHXf2PYQ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 14, 2019
Immediately after the game, Austin clearly relished the moment:
I had to give him out of here. That made my night, though. I’m not gonna lie. We got the win, and my dad got thrown out. It’s good night.
Austin Rivers is the best. He just said his Dad getting thrown out made his night. #Rockets pic.twitter.com/mlS6XhUlYh
— patrick (@PatDStat) November 14, 2019
Austin also had some fun with the situation on Twitter.
Welp…. thanksgiving is going to be weird….
— Austin Rivers (@AustinRivers25) November 14, 2019
The Rockets (8-3) and Clippers (7-4) will actually meet once more before Thanksgiving, with the rematch set for next Friday, Nov. 22, in Los Angeles. That game will also be nationally televised on ESPN.
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Austin Rivers on Doc Rivers’ ejection: “Doc’s gotta keep his cool.” 🤣
🎥: @espn
pic.twitter.com/LRVQNjMkdE— USA TODAY NBA (@usatodaynba) November 14, 2019
Austin Rivers, asked if he enjoyed Doc's Ts: “I did. I knew it was coming. I’ve seen that look before, many times. Once he starts blinking his eyes really fast, that’s when I know. I just tried to tell Tony to get him. He got him. He was out of here. Doc’s got to keep his cool."
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) November 14, 2019