Trevor Ariza doesn't do a lot of talking.
He's reserved, reticent and often a reluctant interviewee. He doesn't get too high or too low. He doesn't get loud, boisterous, shaken or taken out of his game. The Houston Rockets forward lets his play do the talking, even after the dust-up with Dallas Mavericks center Salah Mejri took an ugly turn in Tuesday night's 123-107 rout.
Ariza received two technical fouls, got ejected and waited for Mejri outside of the Mavs' home-team locker room. And the 13-year veteran was already done with it.
"It's over," Ariza said. "I'm trying not to think about it. I know what happened. He knows what happened, and that's it."
So there he was, back in uniform against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night, doing all the little things that often go overlooked.
Lost in the revelry of James Harden's seventh triple-double of the season (30 PTS, 13 REB, 10 AST) and Montrezl Harrell's career-high 29 points in the Rockets' 140-116 drubbing of the Clippers were Ariza's pivotal 18 points (5-of-10 from behind the arc), four rebounds, two steals and seven a ...
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Low-Key Trevor Ariza Is Critical to High-Octane Houston Rockets
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