ORLANDO, Fla. — Golden State Warriors ahead Draymond Inexperienced was ejected lower than 4 minutes into Wednesday evening’s sport towards the Orlando Magic.
Inexperienced had been chirping at official Ray Acosta after being referred to as for his first private foul. A number of performs later, after Stephen Curry was referred to as for a capturing foul, Inexperienced approached Acosta and started yelling at him. Acosta issued a technical foul, and when Inexperienced did not cease, Acosta gave him one other, ending his evening on the 8:24 mark of the primary quarter.
As Inexperienced made his approach off the court docket, Warriors coach Steve Kerr voiced his displeasure with the referees. Through the subsequent timeout, Curry paced forwards and backwards whereas shaking his head.
It was Inexperienced’s career-high fourth ejection of the season. He’s the primary participant to be ejected at the least 4 occasions in a season since Kevin Durant was tossed 5 occasions in 2017-18, in keeping with ESPN Stats & Info analysis.
Wednesday’s outing additionally marked the second time Inexperienced was ejected within the first quarter this season. Per ESPN Stats & Information, he’s the one participant with a number of first-quarter ejections in a season over the previous 20 campaigns.