FOR THE WIN

Paul Millsap fires back at Markieff Morris for 'crybaby' remark

Alysha Tsuji
USA TODAY

After losing the first two games, the Hawks beat the Wizards 116-98 in Game 3 in Atlanta on Saturday in a first-round series that has been heated.

For instance, there's the feud between John Wall and Dennis Schroder that stretches back to 2015, and those comments that Hawks forward Paul Millsap made after Game 1 saying, "The difference in the game is we were playing basketball and they were playing MMA."

More fun comments were made after Game 3. Wizards forward Markieff Morris called Millsap, who finished with 29 points and 14 rebounds, "a crybaby."

A reporter told Millsap about the "crybaby" talk while asking him if his matchup with Morris is becoming personal in his postgame press conference. Millsap responded:

"It definitely got personal now, yes. I mean, I don't care. So what? Take this loss and go back to the hotel. Be ready for the next game."

But the better response came from his teammate, Schroder, who was sitting right next to him at the podium.

"Oh my god, no. Ohhhhhhhh," Schroder said, as some in the room laughed.

Game 4 on Monday in Atlanta should be interesting.