VIDEO: Matt Barnes gets assessed flagrant foul for tackling James Harden
Craig Mitchelldyer-USA TODAY Sports
Tempers flared during Sunday's contest between a pair of Western Conference heavyweights.
Things got heated in the second quarter of the No. 4 seed Houston Rockets and fifth-place Los Angeles Clippers clash when Matt Barnes took down MVP-hopeful James Harden on a drive to the basket.
Players swarmed around the scene before cooler heads prevailed. And after the officials reviewed the play, Barnes was assessed a flagrant foul 1.
This isn't football, Matt.
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