Doc Rivers: What's Said on the Court Should Stay Off Twitter

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Doc Rivers stood by his player on Wednesday, vouching for Kevin Garnett's claim that he did not call Charlie Villanueva, who suffers from alopecia universalis and is completely hairless, a "cancer patient" during Tuesday's win over Detroit. Villanueva made the allegation on Twitter on Twitter several hours after the game.

"I actually heard what Kevin said. I was right there, what he really said is in the statement. I'm going to leave it at that," Rivers said, referring to the statement issued by Garnett's public relations company Wednesday.

In the statement, Garnett admitted to insulting Villanueva, just not in a way quite as offensive. "My comment to Charlie Villanueva was in fact: 'You are cancerous to your team and our league.' I would never be insensitive to the brave struggle that cancer patients endure."

 

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