Blake Griffin Flop: Clippers Star Embellishes Contact With Kendrick Perkins (VIDEO)

Blake Griffin flops against the Thunder

After Blake Griffin appeared to flop to draw a foul call at a key moment in a recent Clippers-Kings game, DeMarcus Cousins took a verbal swipe at Blake Griffin, calling the Slam Dunk Contest champ an "actor" and saying "he's in L.A. where actors belong." Griffin shrugged off those comments at the time, but he may have added to the acting resume during Wednesday night's game against Oklahoma City.

After Chris Paul sunk what would be a game-winning layup in the final seconds, the dunking machine got tangled up with one of his signature dunk victims, Kendrick Perkins. As Griffin pulls himself away from Perkins -- while seemingly doing his best to draw a foul call -- his momentum caused him to hit himself in the face.

Griffin flailed his arms back to bring attention to the contact under the rim and then even left his feet to sell the flop. Although the refs didn't actually call a foul, ESPN's True Hoop still awarded Griffin with the "Flop Of The Night" (repeat winner).

The first-time All-Star has a growing reputation among players for embellishing even the slightest contact to get a foul called. Back in January, Lakers forward Matt Barnes also called Griffin out for flopping, noting that he doesn't understand why Griffin does it since he's an amazing athlete.

Following the Kings' loss last week, Cousins talked about the fifth foul he picked up when he swiped for the ball and appeared to miss completely. Yet, Griffin hesitated, looked over to where a referee was standing and pretended like he was hit in the eye.

"I guess the wind from my hand hit him in the eye," Cousins jeered after the game.

When asked about Cousins' comments, Griffin joked that he had heard about them from his acting coach. But judging from the video of Cousins' fifth foul, one might think he needs a better coach.

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Comments

[Zorrodaman]

10:15 PM on 04/14/2012

Blake Griffen is a big P@#$Y

[montanasian]

07:29 PM on 04/14/2012

Dunk over the haters and whiners. Cousines look out ka pow.

[typeterson]

12:36 PM on 04/14/2012

griffin is a one trick pony. enjoy it while it lasts.

[KeepNIt2Real]

04:07 PM on 04/13/2012

I am fastly losing respect for Blake. He has totally bought into the "Showtime" syndrome that makes the NBA suck these days...he is now an official prima donna.

[cahye33]

10:35 AM on 04/13/2012

they need to start giving people technicals for acting like that, it slows the game and hurts its integrity

[pleasantlyny]

10:35 AM on 04/13/2012

When his arm was pushed you can clearly see it forced his hand to slap him in his own face. headline fail.

[UncleMandingo]

05:17 AM on 04/13/2012

he gets a few passes because he's got red hair. But the passes are running out.

[TriKyJoKeZ]

03:40 AM on 04/13/2012

Vlade Divac 2.0

[bmwracer]

11:10 PM on 04/12/2012

Vlade Divac school of flopping.

[justanothergy]

10:08 PM on 04/12/2012

The replay wasn't conclusive. Seemed a bit like a reflex, but that wouldn't make much of a story. Drama, drama, drama.

[canpete]

08:51 PM on 04/12/2012

quite pathetic.....

[Gigity]

08:44 PM on 04/12/2012

Come on, Blake! I want to like you. Your commercials and your dunks are awesome, but you need to stop this. It isn't soccer. Stop flopping.