Entering this season, Rivers wanted Beverley to continue to play with the anger and intensity that made him one of the leaders of the team. But Rivers made it clear that he wants Beverley to play with emotion, not be emotional. “It means, I get called for a foul [and I used to say], ‘What the f—, ref?’” Beverley said. “Save it. ‘Good call.’ Next play. The team sees me do that, now everybody else is cool. The team sees me like this, now everybody else is like this, you know? So this is just all about growing.”