While the bolded is true, what Dunleavy did weren't hard fouls. Dunleavy took cheap and dirty shots throughout the game on people smaller than him. He was basically, and in every sense of the word, a bully. Giannis acted impulsively, for sure, but it's not like it wasn't the least bit warranted. I bet if Dunleavy kept doing the same thing to someone like Belinelli as he did to MCW and the refs still turned a blind eye...well, if Beli doesn't step up and do something about it, Duncan sure will. Sometimes, you have to stand up for your teammates. I'm surprised MCW didn't do the same thing to Dunleavy, tbh.
Neither...it was stupid..don't bring the fans into it. And if you're going to retaliate, don't make it so obvious. These fouls are basically a guy's way of quitting. They don't care anymore and want an early vacation.
The Bucks were getting destroyed...And there was zero question that Dunleavy was looking to get into people...but intelligent folks returned the favor. Giannis is a young kid...and will look back on this as a way of playing playoff basketball.
