Hawks star Trae Young was ejected after heaving the ball laborious to referee Scott Wall within the third quarter of Atlanta’s 143-130 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
After Hawks coach Quin Snyder known as a timeout within the third quarter with the sport tied at 84, Young first bounced the ball after which threw a tough, two-handed go at Wall, who caught the ball. Young was instantly known as for a technical foul and ejected.
Only seconds earlier, Young had an obvious 3-pointer disallowed when he was known as for a technical foul for protruding his leg and tripping Aaron Nesmith.
“It’s just a play he can’t make,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder mentioned after the sport. “I told him that. He knows it.”
Snyder mentioned Young acknowledged his mistake.
“There wasn’t a single part of him that tried to rationalize what happened,” Snyder mentioned.
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The technical foul was Young’s fifteenth of the season. A sixteenth technical foul ends in an automated one-game suspension.
Young, who leads Atlanta along with his averages of 26.8 factors and 10 assists, had 14 factors and 5 assists when he was ejected.
The sport was tied at 84 when Young was ejected.
“We didn’t allow it to turn into a negative,” Hawks guard Dejounte Murray mentioned. “We turned it into a positive and got the win.”
