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LeBron, Dirk, Patrick Mahomes and NBA fans Slam Refs For Weak Kristaps Porzingis Ejection

With over nine minutes left in the third quarter, Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis was ejected for the first time in his NBA career when he received his second technical foul of the night.

It was the turning point of the game, and eventually led to a Clippers win.

Both technical calls were extremely weak and not worthy of an ejection, especially in a playoff game. Jeff Van Gundy wasn’t having any of it during the live broadcast, and many, many others jumped to his side – among them LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Patrick Mahomes and even Clippers head coach, Doc Rivers.

Man that was BOGUS AS HELL MAN!!!!! Cmon man. 🤦🏾‍♂️

— LeBron James (@KingJames) August 18, 2020

That ejection is super soft…

— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) August 18, 2020

https://twitter.com/PatrickMahomes/status/1295553771716653056

NBA definitely rigging this for the Clippers… That Porzingis ejection is inexcusable

— FlightMike (@TheFlightMike) August 18, 2020

Anyone who defends that Porzingis ejection either is fading him in DFS or has money on the Clippers.

— Peter Jennings (@CSURAM88) August 18, 2020

Don’t forget, Porzingis caught his first technical on a perfectly clean block at the rim.

His second technical was separating a Clippers player from his teammate.

That ejection is totally indefensible and really hurts the game.

— Dave Loughran (@Loughy_D) August 18, 2020

This Porzingis ejection is…something.

That's too much officiating.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 18, 2020

Would've been awfully interesting to see how this game would've played out if Kristaps Porzingis wasn't ejected on two soft technical fouls.

— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) August 18, 2020