Demarcus Cousins' temper has gotten a lot better .......

[rondohondo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XgbyrsQgfU

he could have wailed Adams in the back of the head , but like a good boy chose not to! good job Demarcus , you are really coming around

[pearljammer10]

Haha. Incredible restraint.

[saltlover]

I saw that play live.  Adams got called for a mere personal foul after trying to dislocate DMC's leg, and the Kings got a delay of game for some unknown reason, giving OKC a free point.

[fairweatherfan]

I'm not a Cousins fan, and winding up was stupid, but that was a dangerous and borderline dirty play by Adams.  Pinning a guy's foot like that while his leg is torquing around the knee is a good way to injure a guy. 

[Roy H.]

Cousins had injured his ankle earlier, and Adams locked him up with an incredibly dirty play.

DMC did show restraint. I'm sure he wanted to rip his head off. Plays like that can end a season.

[Adelaide Celt]

Why did he have to choose this moment to show restraint.  Steven Adams has a head that just needs to be punched.

[crimson_stallion]

This is actually far from the first time I've seen Cousins keep his cool under highly frustrating circumstances.

I can't remember when it was, but there was another game I was watching during which Cousins to punked in a huge way (it was a really dirty flagrant foul IIRC) and I was waiting for him to turn around and belt the guy...

You could tell from the look on his face that he was fuming, but he kept he just kinda calmed himself down and just walked away.

There was also a scenario where one of his teammates for hard fouled and got up to try to get in the other guy's face, and Cousins actually stepped in and broke it up and calmed his teammate down.

I've seen stuff like this from Cousins quite a bit in the past year or so.  There have been times where I've seen him get visibly frustrated too no doubt, but he seems to really be growing a lot as a person and starting to learn to control himself and not let his emotions get the better of him.

It's a credit to him because he is such an amazing talent and his struggle to control his emotions is probably the one thing holding him back from being an hall of fame level talent.  If he can grow as a leader and mature as an individual then there will be no limits to what he can achieve.