Sydney coach Brian Goorjian insists he's not concerned by Kendric Davis's post-match tirade at Adelaide superstar Bryce Cotton following the 36ers' NBL championship-levelling 91-89 win over the Kings.
After Davis missed a go-ahead drive in the dying stages, Cotton grabbed the ball and bolted the length of the court, completing a difficult left-handed lay-up over Torrey Craig with 0.2 seconds remaining to seal the victory and level the series at 1-1 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
As Cotton was celebrating his epic game-two matchwinner, he was met by Davis, who made a beeline for the league MVP and started yelling in his face and gesturing animatedly.
It was the second time Davis had words with his rival on Friday night, after also getting in Cotton's face with 1:11 left in the fourth quarter.
"Everyone's stirring, poking the bear on both teams," Goorjian said.
"It's 'yap yap, he said, you said', guys are wound up. They want to win a championship.
"I made nothing of what went on in our place in game one; I made nothing out of this.
"I'm looking forward to game three."
Cotton last month collected his sixth MVP, pipping runner-up Davis by two votes.
Following the awards night, Davis unloaded at the voting system in a stunning social media rant.
Davis was the best player in Sydney's landslide 44-point win in game one of the grand final series, before Cotton took the individual honours in game two.
Following Davis's on-court outburst, reports also emerged that Sydney assistant coach Andrew Bogut unleashed a tirade of profanities at 36ers' owner Grant Kelley after the game.
Bogut was also involved in a heated exchange after the first game after his attempted post-match handshake was snubbed by Sixers centre Nick Rakocevic.
"You guys write a lot of stuff to energise stuff like this and everybody reads it ... it's everybody, both teams," Goorjian said of the chippy nature of the series.
"We had it last game, we had it this game.
"I like where my guys are at.
"We're not taking a backwards step, we want to win the championship."
Cotton also hosed down the Davis incident.
"Tempers flare - it's play-off basketball," he said.
"I grew up playing at the parks where things get feisty like that. That's just another day back in America.
"You guys may make a big deal of it, but it's just another day."
