Pop criticizes dirty play, Bruce Bowen starts trending on Twitter

It is 2017 and retired Spurs wingman Bruce Bowen is somehow trending nationwide on Twitter.

Don't we love the internet?

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich WENT OFF on Warriors big man Zaza Pachulia upon learning star forward Kawhi Leonard would likely miss Game 2 with an injury suffered on a questionable play. 

Below you can view the play in question, as well as Popovich's response.

Upon review of Pachulia's checkered past with borderline dirty plays, Popovich has good reason to be upset. That said, the internet did not forget that Pop never took issue with Bowen -- who won three championships with the Spurs and is considered by many to have been a notoriously dirty player.

And this last one sums it all up...

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