Of course, some Spurs fans fought back.
"Laying dead rattlesnakes out in that pattern shows a complete disrespect for life."
"The Kings are straight-up torturing animals. Those bastards belong in prison."
"Does Texas law allow animal torture? I don't know. But this is inhumane. They're a bunch of monsters."
The Spurs fans' comments immediately enraged the Rainforest Army.
In the Rainforest Army group chat in China,
Brother Xiang gave the order.
The Rainforest Army, which hadn't made a move in some time, gathered once again.
They swiftly descended on the social media accounts of Spurs fans.
"This is the pot calling the kettle black. You want to be a whore and still put up a chastity arch."
"You do something despicable, then turn around and blame someone else. So officials can set fires, but ordinary people can't even light a lamp?"
"This is hilarious. You're allowed to catch snakes to scare people, but other people aren't allowed to kill snakes and make fun of you? What kind of bullshit logic is that?"
First, the Spurs were clearly in the wrong. Second, the Rainforest Army was an overwhelming force online. The Spurs fans were soon insulted into silence.
As for Popovich, he didn't care at all when he saw all the comments.
He'd pulled stunts like this more than once, and he'd been criticized for them plenty of times, too.
In his view, all that talk about being a legendary coach or having clever tactics was nonsense. Winning was what mattered.
During pregame warmups, Spurs head coach Popovich saw the Kings players looking completely unruffled. Every so often, one of them would glance over at him with a mischievous grin. Popo sensed something was off.
Then Coach Seders, who had just come over from the locker room, told him that