The Houston Rockets have come alive as their first round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder winds down and with the teams set to play Game 6 on Friday, rookie Royce White took to Twitter to start taunting the teams opponent.
According to ESPN.com, White, who has not played with the team this season due to mental illness issues, took to the social media platform to rail on the OKC Thunder following their Game 5 107-100 loss on Wednesday, saying that the team looked "shook" after the game and described the old adage of that's why you play the games. The Rockets were down 3-0 in the series and no team has ever come back from that in NBA playoffs history.
White added another comment directly at Kevin Durant, who has had to take the reins for OKC without Russell Westbrook, saying: "@KDTrey5... Y'all are looking SHAAAKYY BAAABYY."
White was drafted in the first round, but he has spent most of the year with the Rio Grande Vipers in the D-League after being unable to come to an agreement with the Rockets for a while. White suffers from anxiety disorder and mental health issues and he has not been with the team this season as the Rockets try to make a comeback.
Both the Rockets and the Celtics are trying to make comebacks from 3-0 down, with the Rockets next playing in Houston for Game 6 and the Celtics taking their series back to Boston.
His first tweet read: "And... that's why you play the games. That @okcthunder team just looked shook. They're looking shaky baby."
