Perkins isn’t lying about one thing. Blake Griffin is know for flopping and originally, I thought that is what he was doing.
That was until I watched the video and it was pretty clear this was not a flop, but Perkins defended his teammate.
“I didn’t see it to where it was like that flagrant. (Griffin) took (Ibaka’s) arm and knocked him down. The dude (is) known for flopping anyway, so that’s what it is,” Thunder’s Kendrick Perkins told USA TODAY Sports’ Sam Amick after the game. “I was (angry). The (Clippers’) reaction after that was kind of like Serge Ibaka against Blake Griffin.