Twitter reacts to dubious ejection of Porzingis
Kristaps Porzingis picked up two technical fouls during the Dallas Mavericks' Game 1 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday - the second of which, for shoving Marcus Morris, got him ejected.
Porzingis was ejected for receiving his second technical foul of the night on this altercation 🤨pic.twitter.com/2WhKFDAfa0
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) August 18, 2020
Kristaps Porzingis was ejected after he received his second tech. pic.twitter.com/aQoJcrI8KE
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 18, 2020
The call got several big names fired up on Twitter.
Man that was BOGUS AS HELL MAN!!!!! Cmon man. 🤦🏾♂️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) August 18, 2020
That’s trash man! 🗑 #NBAPlayoffs
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) August 18, 2020
That ejection is super soft...
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) August 18, 2020
No ejection in the playoffs man
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) August 18, 2020
Porzingis had 14 points at the time of his ejection. He told reporters after the game that he has to be smarter about those situations.
"I saw (Morris) getting into Luka (Doncic's) face, so that's why I reacted," Porzingis said. "I've just got to be smarter and control my emotions."
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