For a squad claiming to be #DeathRowDC, the Wizards were getting punked by the Celtics during the first two games of a physical matchup that made every longtime basketball fan reminisce about the good ol’ days in the 1990s when the style of play was trash and the competition was paltry. But, hey, they knew how to scrap! So it was good basketball!

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Everyone thought all these millennials were soft, but our playoff hero arrived to toss Celtics center Kelly Olynyk to the ground. Olynyk is a dirty player (who flopped on the fall). Everyone knows that he’s dirty (and that he flopped).

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Olynyk dislocated Kevin Love’s shoulder during the 2015 playoffs, and he pulled the same WWE-armbar move on Robin Lopez in Boston’s first round against the Chicago Bulls this season. And how can we forget Game 2 on Tuesday when a clumsy Olynyk lost the ball out of bounds, taking out John Wall in the process?

In a pickup game, he’s the guy that sticks his leg out while setting picks, grabs your jersey while boxing out for a rebound, and cries foul after every drive.

In classic Olynyk fashion, his shoulder connected right into Oubre’s face while setting a screen with about nine minutes left in the second quarter. The officials called Olynyk for the offensive foul, and the Wizards were going to receive possession thereafter.

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But when you’re fed up, you’re fed up.

Don’t let the Odell Beckham Jr. hair and all the dancing fool you.

He was on the court warming up in a #DeathRowDC shirt (I’ll take two, please).

He grew up in New Orleans and lived in the Magnolia projects. Based on his reaction, Oubre was clearly ‘bout it ‘bout it.

Yes, the Wizards were up 21 points at this point, and they lost one of their top perimeter defenders after he was ejected from the game, but this was the biggest moment in the series for the Celtics. It showed that the Wizards will not get punked.

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Washington blew early double-digit leads in Games 1 and 2, but it maintained its toughness and intensity in the same game Oubre went Daz Dillinger on Olynyk. Coincidence? I think not.

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So what if Oubre is averaging just 6.3 points per game in the playoffs? Yeah, he’s averaging 14.7 minutes in nine playoff games this year. Sure, he’s also minus-11.1 on the floor.

And? So? Your point?

If there’s one thing to know about a crew, it’s the leaders are never the enforcers. The soldiers do the dirty work.

This is what Oubre told Dan Steinberg when asked about #DeathRowDC:

“I’m not the right person to ask about it,” Oubre confessed. “I’m just a soldier. You’ve got to talk to the head honcho. He’s the big dog.”