Two-time Atlanta Hawks All-Star Trae Young is ejected after angrily throwing the ball at an OFFICIAL during a win over the Indiana Pacers.
Hawks star Trae Young was ejected after throwing the ball hard to referee Scott Wall in the third quarter of Atlanta’s 143-130 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday.
After Hawks coach Quin Snyder called a third-quarter timeout with the game tied at 84, Young first bounced the ball, then threw a hard two-handed pass to Wall, who caught the ball. Young was immediately called for a technical foul and ejected.
Just seconds earlier, Young had an apparent 3-pointer canceled out when he was charged with a technical for sticking out his leg and tripping Aaron Nesmith.
“It’s a play he can’t make,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said after the game. ‘I told him that. He knows it.’
Snyder said Young acknowledged his mistake.
Hawks star Trae Young was ejected after throwing the ball hard in an official halfgame.
Young had been angered by a technical foul he received that negated an earlier 3-point shot.
After being called for the second technical foul, Young was immediately ejected from the game.
“There wasn’t a single part of him that was trying to rationalize what happened,” Snyder said.
The technical foul was Young’s 15th of the season. A technical foul number 16 results in an automatic one game suspension.
Young, who leads Atlanta with averages of 26.8 points and 10 assists, had 14 points and five assists when he was ejected.
The game was tied at 84 when Young was ejected. He scored 14 points and five assists.
“We didn’t let it go negative,” Hawks guard Dejounte Murray said. “We turned it into a positive and we got the win.”
John Collina took over in Young’s absence and finished the game with 21 points.
John Collins led eight Atlanta scorers in double figures with 21 points and the Hawks surpassed Jordan Nwora’s season-high 33 points to beat the Pacers.
“Our bench was incredible,” Snyder said, adding that the subs “raised the level of competitiveness in the game.”
The Hawks (37-37) protected their shaky No. 8 position in the Eastern Conference playoff standings.
They started the day a half game ahead of No. 9 Toronto and one game ahead of No. 10 Chicago in the close competition for the entry tournament position.