Trae Younger is ejected for throwing the ball at a referee

The Atlanta Hawks could have crushed the Indiana Pacers on Saturday evening, however Trae Younger was despatched to the locker room when he had performed solely 21 minutes.

In a present of frustration, he threw the ball at one of many referees and was ejected.

The Hawks level guard is repeatedly clashing with NBA referees, and his coach has spoken to him about his behaviour earlier than.

“It is one thing he cannot do, I’ve informed him that and he is aware of it,” mentioned Hawks coach Quin Snyder after the sport.

Snyder added that Younger knew he had made a mistake and owned as much as his error.

“There wasn’t a single a part of him attempting to rationalize what occurred,” he mentioned.

Trae Younger is near suspension

Younger presently has 15 technical fouls this season and, if he reaches 16, he’ll face an automated one-game suspension.

If he accumulates two extra technical fouls after the sixteenth, he’ll obtain one other one-game suspension.

This season, solely two different NBA gamers, Draymond Inexperienced and Dillon Brooks, have obtained 16 technical fouls, ensuing of their suspension.

Victory for Hawks

Happily for Atlanta, the ejection of their star participant didn’t forestall a 143-130 win over the Pacers to go 37-37.

The Hawks led from the primary quarter, with John Collins and Dejounte Murray stepping as much as rating over 20 factors every.