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Marcus Morris Yelling at Tristan Thompson refers to an image of Boston Celtics player Marcus Morris yelling at Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson after scoring on him despite getting fouled during Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Celtics and Cavaliers. After the moment, Twitter users paired the image with various captions.

Origin

During Game 2 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics, Celtics player Marcus Morris drove past Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson for a layup, with a foul on the play. He then proceeded to gloat at Thompson (shown below).

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After the play aired, Twitter users began pairing Morris' reaction with various captions. SB Nation tweeted a reference to the day's Yanny or Laurel debate, gaining over 1,600 retweets and 6,200 likes (shown below, left). User @Damanr made a joke about the stock market, gaining over 760 retweets and 3,100 likes (shown below, right).

Most of the jokes paired the quote with captions, but some tweets joked about the moment with different formats. User @BesharmKutti used the photo as an object labeling image, gaining over 1,400 retweets (shown below, left). SB Nation also tweeted that the moment resembled that which led to the Undertaker Screaming Face meme (shown below, right).

The meme was widely covered among sports media outlets, with compilations of jokes posted in Twitter Moments,^[1] USA Today,^[2] and Cosmopolitan,^[3] who covered jokes referencing Thompson's recent infidelity with Khloé Kardashian.

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