NBA's Robin Lopez Mocks Brother Brook Over Bad Pass: 'That's a Flop'

Cleveland Cavaliers finally beat the Milwaukee Bucks at the third attempt, but the game may be remembered more for Robin Lopez and his comments to his brother Brook.

Cavaliers star Robin wore a microphone during the game and gave some hilarious quips as he called out Brook, as he played for the Bucks.

Robin unfortunately sat out the game, as he has done for much of the season so far, only averaging eight minutes per game, but this meant that he had time to share his thoughts on brother Brook's play.

So there were plenty of jokes, including calling out Brook for flopping in a hilarious exchange with the officials.

In a video posted on TikTok by the NBA, Brook Lopez is seen trying to keep the ball in bounds but his efforts are undermined by him just passing it straight to Cavs Mobley.

He is stood under the basket and gratefully nets an easy two points.

As Brook has a wry smile on his face, his brother Robin taunts him by saying: "Good pass, good assist."

Later in the clip, Brook steals the ball from Mobley and acts like there has been an infringement.

Robin is disgusted and says to one of the officials: "That's a flop. He's an actor."

He then adds with a jokey feel which brought a smile from the official: "I know! He was in West Side Story. He was Officer Krupke."

Unfortunately, his quips didn't reverse the decision.

The clip got plenty of reaction on social media, with some surprised that Robin wasn't sanctioned for his interaction with the officials.

One commented: "Dude with today's refs I'm surprised they didn't give robin a tech just for trash talking with his brother."

Another was enjoying the sibling rivalry, commenting: "What a beautiful sense of humor. Brother's love."

While another felt they had to comment on Robin's crazy hair, writing: "NBA drafting cavemen now?"

The league-leading Bucks came unstuck in Cleveland, with the Cavaliers producing one of their most complete displays of the season so far.

The Cavaliers secured a 114-106 win on Wednesday night inside Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

This was the Cavaliers fifth win in a row and they have an NBA-best home record, with 16 wins and just two losses.

Cleveland move to 22-11 on the season and there were times when it looked like they might run away with the game, with them leading by 24 at one stage.

The Bucks staged a fourth-quarter comeback with Giannis Antetokounmpo hitting a season-high 45 points.

It wasn't enough in front of a raucous home crowd, and the Cavaliers managed to keep the Bucks at arm's length and hold on for the victory.

After the game, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said: "They were very aggressive tonight.

"They came out with a mindset defensively to just be the sharper team, so I think you have got to give them credit for our first half turnovers. I don't think it was one of our better nights. Defensively they were good, and offensively, they just had more energy."

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