There was plenty of on-the-court action when the Houston Rockets played the Los Angeles Clippers in January 2018, but it could be said that what happened in the locker room afterward was even more exciting. Simply put, the Rocket’s Chris Paul, James Harden, Trevor Ariza, and Gerald Green went to the Clippers’ locker room to pay the Clippers’ Austin Rivers and Blake Griffin a little visit. That’s because Rivers did some jawing at Ariza during the game and Griffin bumped the Rocket’s coach Mike D’Antoni while running the floor.
Police were called, and Clippers players dared Paul and his teammates to fully come into their locker room. The thing is, Paul used to play for the Clippers, and he must’ve known the layout of the Staples Center arena, where the game took place. So, he was accused by folks on Twitter of using a secret tunnel to take his teammates to the Clippers’ locker room, a theory that many had fun with.
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“Congratulations to Chris Paul on actually leading a team somewhere,” one person tweeted before it was removed and captured by Bleacher Report. “Chris Paul hid in a dining cart as Trevor Ariza, wearing a security uniform and fake mustache, wheeled him into the Clippers’ locker room,” another message read. But regardless of the accusation against Paul, he wasn’t suspended for his actions and neither was James. However, Ariza and Green were.
