The Enforcer’s Ledger: The Dirtiest Moments in NBA History

**Michael Jordan** (0:00)
Whatever he says now, you know it wasn't his true actions then. I had a ball boy threatening to kill me.

**Patrick Beverly** (0:04)
I'm gonna stick it to everybody and shove it up their face.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:07)
Oh, there's a swing by O'Neal.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:11)
These are the dirtiest moments in NBA history. And first up, it's the time fans tried to kill a player.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:18)
An interesting ball piss.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:20)
Somebody throws something onto the court as Bryant is shooting a foul shot.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:24)
Did a fan just throw a vodka bottle at a player? Man, that is stupid. But not as stupid as the dirtiest player in NBA history. See, it all started with a beef between Zaza Petrullia and the San Antonio Spurs.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:37)
Pound, stop and pop, and a foul is called.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:41)
And well, it didn't end there. If anything, it just fueled the hatred even more. Because Zaza wanted to do more than fingering another player.

**Scottie Pippen** (0:48)
Oh, Danny Green.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:50)
Petrullia. Green felt was doing something to him while he was on the ground.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:55)
Yeah, bro took things too far. See, in 2017, Kawhi had a season of a lifetime. That was all going to change if you ask Zaza.

**SPEAKER_8** (1:03)
That sneaker and get out there.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:05)
Leonard fires from the corner.

**SPEAKER_8** (1:08)
Leonard goes down again.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:11)
And he's in pain again in front of the Spurs bench.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:14)
Nah, this man pretends he's innocent, but we all know he's guilty. He broke one of the NBA's most precious rules. Defenders aren't allowed to jump into the landy space of an airborne shooter. Although what happened at the end of the game, no one could have expected. Without Kawhi, things started to unravel quickly, and the Spurs' 21-point lead turned into this.

**SPEAKER_8** (1:33)
Curry pulls back Aldridge, picks him up. Curry on the drive, throws it up, shots, bounces around and drops through.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:40)
These dudes really blew a 25-point third-quarter lead. So Max Kellerman decided to put Zaza on blast.

**Max Kellerman** (1:47)
Reason that rule is in place is for safety, and when you know that guy has that specific injury and you pay no attention to that rule, well, then we can't sit here and say he wasn't trying to knock him out. That's obviously a benefit to them.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:03)
Yeah, this situation was getting more heated by the many, but Greg Popovich was about to bring the heat to a whole new level.

**Gregg Popovich** (2:10)
And this particular individual has a history with that kind of action. You can go back and look at Dallas games, where he got a flagrant two for elbow and Patty Mills. The play where he took Kawhi down and locked his arm in Dallas.
Ask David West, his current teammate, how things went when JaJa was playing for Dallas, and he and David got into it.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:30)
Piss off, Coach Pop, and the world is ready to throw hands. But it's one thing to end a man's season, it's another to try to end a man's career. And in 2013, Patrick Beverly attempted just that. He was just a wide-eyed rookie trying to live up to the hype to make a name for himself. And there's no better way to make a name for yourself than against the reigning Western Conference champs. Bro wasn't about to let OKC coast their way to another NBA finals. My man had another idea instead. So in game two, Russell Westbrook was casually dribbling the ball up the court, when Patrick Beverly saw an opportunity to make a heads up defensive play.

**SPEAKER_10** (3:02)
Going to block this side, he used to go to the front of the rim, pick up that garbage.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:05)
And Westbrook hobbling away.

**SPEAKER_10** (3:08)
Beverly went for the steal, and he actually got part of the knee of Russell Westbrook.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:13)
Someone's going to need a wheelbarrow to carry Patrick Beverly's balls. That hit on Westbrook was gutsy. But if that's what it was going to take to beat OKC, Beverly had no regrets. Well, that's when doctors broke the news. Russ tore his lateral meniscus. I mean, the team was supposed to be the NBA's next big dynasty, and Beverly straight up took that from them. But hold up, Beverly was a rookie. Fans should cut him some slack. Yeah, enough with that crap.

**Patrick Beverly** (3:36)
I had a ball boy threatening to kill me over the Russell Westbrook injury.

**SPEAKER_11** (3:40)
I go back to Houston.

**Patrick Beverly** (3:41)
I practice, and this is my first fucking year in the NBA.