LOS ANGELES — With 1.9 seconds remaining in the game, the Los Angeles Clippers were close to going up 2-0 in the season series with the in-town rival Lakers. Clippers forward Paul George was at the free-throw line, and teammate Patrick Beverley was near the bench mocking LeBron James.
Beverley pretended to hold the ball above his head in a flimsy offensive stance and then he reversed roles, playing aggressively and pretending to slap the ball out of the hands of the four-time MVP. He was physically mocking the sequence that took place the possession before.