Dillon Brooks can do a lot of things on the basketball court, but one of his favorites is to create chaos.
This week, Brooks has decided to create chaos before even stepping on the floor.
His Houston Rockets, the West's 2-seed, take on No. 7 Golden State in a best-of-seven first-round series beginning this weekend.
Brooks was asked on Thursday if he thinks any ejections will happen in the high-intensity series.
"I don't know", Brooks told reporters. "I'm not gonna get ejected. I'll leave that to someone else."
Was Brooks passively pointing to Warriors star Draymond Green?
Green is second-highest in NBA history with 23 ejections, trailing just Rasheed Wallace.
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Brooks had 16 technical fouls during the regular season, which led to a one-game suspension, but he hasn't been ejected at any point.
Late in the regular season, Houston's defense dominated Golden State and held Steph Curry to three points.
Because of the Rockets' youth and physicality, it will likely be a bumpy series from a physical perspective.
That's especially true because that's how most teams opt to defend Curry, with tight coverage and a lot of bumps and bruises.
Brooks will likely be in the middle of it all, but he knows the playoffs are too important to get ejected from.
He's just betting that somebody in the other colors may not be so smart.
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