{"id":8696,"date":"2023-01-18T12:28:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/brook-lopez-regrets-being-ejected-from-an-nba-game-for-the-first-time-in-his-career\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:28:11","slug":"brook-lopez-regrets-being-ejected-from-an-nba-game-for-the-first-time-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/brook-lopez-regrets-being-ejected-from-an-nba-game-for-the-first-time-in-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Brook Lopez regrets being ejected from an NBA game for the first time in his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Tuesday, tempers flared between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors, with Bucks center Brook Lopez and Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. getting into a brawl with 6:40 remaining. When the chaos subsided, Lopez was ejected for the first time in his 15-year NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez was visibly frustrated after being subsequently excluded from the game, stating: <em>&#8220;You can&#8217;t expect the referee to get it right.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"got-tangled-up\">entangled<\/h2>\n<p>The intensity was already nearing boiling point when Lopez and Trent Jr. led the Bucks 113-110 with 6:40 left after a Drew Holiday goal. Lopez took off Trent&#8217;s headband as the two battled for position. As players from both teams rushed to separate the two, Lopez pushed out Raptors OG Anunoby.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>After the review, Lopez was handed two technical fouls and ejected from the game for two hostile acts of removing Trent&#8217;s headband and entering it with Anunoby. It was a landmark and, albeit questionable, first time in his career for the .<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p><em>&#8220;You can&#8217;t expect the referee to get it right.&#8221;<\/em> Lopez has spoken out about his exit. <em>&#8220;If they can&#8217;t do it right in the game, why can they do it right when they replay it or make other calls? That&#8217;s exactly it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"red-hot-second-half\">scorching second half<\/h2>\n<p>Lopez had a great second half before he was sent off. He scored 15 of his 19 points in the third quarter and made his 3 of his 5 attempts from across the arc.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<p>Lopez continues his hot streak from the depths of recent times. He made his 18th of his last 37 attempts from his area from three-pointers and has shot from 48% depth since Jan. 9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMidGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNpLmNvbS9uYmEvYnVja3MvbmV3cy9icm9vay1sb3Blei1ydWVzLWdldHRpbmctZWplY3RlZC1mcm9tLWFuLW5iYS1nYW1lLWZvci10aGUtZmlyc3QtdGltZS1pbi1oaXMtY2FyZWVy0gF5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2kuY29tL25iYS9idWNrcy8uYW1wL25ld3MvYnJvb2stbG9wZXotcnVlcy1nZXR0aW5nLWVqZWN0ZWQtZnJvbS1hbi1uYmEtZ2FtZS1mb3ItdGhlLWZpcnN0LXRpbWUtaW4taGlzLWNhcmVlcg?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] On Tuesday, tempers flared between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors, with Bucks center Brook Lopez and Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. getting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/usatsi_19807902_168397759_lowres.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}