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Low-Key Trevor Ariza Is Critical to High-Octane Houston Rockets

He's reserved, reticent and quite often a reluctant interviewee. He doesn't get too high or too low. He doesn't get loud or boisterous or shaken or taken out of his game. The Houston Rockets forward just lets his game do all the talking, even after the dust up with Dallas Mavericks center Salah Mejri took an ugly turn in Tuesday night’s 123-107 rout.

Ariza received two technical fouls, got ejected and waited for Mejri outside of the Mavs' home team locker room. And the 13-year veteran was already done with it.

"It's over," Ariza said.