Watch: Suns Starter Goes Viral for Suspect Dirty Play vs. Lakers

The Phoenix Suns seem to have no problems pulling out their dirty play on the Lakers. This has earned Jaw Crowder an army of haters in the series. One of the videos from Game 4 shows Crowder slapping Kyle Kuzma in the face after going for a three-point shot. Crowder tried to block the shot and then smack Kuzma in the face.

Lakers head coach Frank Vogel reverted to this situation and the chances to contact the league about these dirty plays. Vogel didn’t say much about the plays but he hinted that the franchise may discuss the problem with the league.

“We send things off to the league every game all year, but I’m not going to get into the nature of what those communications have looked like in this series,” Vogel told Silver Screen and Roll’s Harrison Faigen.

Crowder contests Kuzma's shot, then smacks him in the face afterwards in a separate motion pic.twitter.com/ipJKCW4enc

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What does Crowder say about this?

“Nah, I don’t feel like we have a need to respond to it,” Crowder explained, per FanSided’s Gerald Bourguet. “They have an opinion, that’s their opinion, and that’s what it is.”

Crowder has participated in many physical plays. Lakers superstar LeBron James slammed him in Game 4 after the Suns veteran pulled him by the shoulders.

There’s a tension between Crowder and LeBron. They have taken part in many playoff games and were even teammates. Skip Bayless from FS1 said LeBron enjoyed taunting the Suns veteran in Game 3.

“What would possess Jae Crowder to do that?” Bayless said on Twitter. “Once you go kaboom on that heart button, you’ve sent a message that the Lakers were frauds. You cannot tell me LeBron didn’t have a ball last night taunting and clowning Crowder.”

Kuzma will probably get his revenge if Anthony Davis misses Game 5. The young player has a chance to start in place of AD.

“If A.D. is not out there then we have to play a different style and different brand of basketball,” Kuzma noted, per Lakers Nation. “Not just throw and look at Bron the whole time. Obviously, he’s great in his own right, but for us, we just got to play basketball. If he doesn’t, that just means I have the ball in my hands a little bit more. Whether that be as a scorer or make the right play. … Not just go out there and just try to score 30. It’s not that. It’s being out there playing sound being in the right spots. Get my teammates better and when I’m open be aggressive.”