Hockey move gets Timberwolves player ejected from heated game
Hard fouls … ejections … tweets and threats …
It was just another exciting night of NBA basketball Friday night in Utah, where the Jazz knocked off the Minnesota Timberwolves by a final score of 116-108.
The game itself was unremarkable until late in the fourth quarter, when Minnesota guard Jeff Teague got a little physical with Utah’s Ricky Rubio. Teague appeared to hip-check the Jazz point guard.
Jeff Teague gets ejected after hip-checking Ricky Rubio. pic.twitter.com/z0ClZn1eya
— ESPN (@espn) March 3, 2018
That led to the predictable pushing and shoving.
While at home recovering from knee surgery, Minnesota All-Star Jimmy Butler chimed in on Twitter.
haven’t used Twitter in years. But yeah Jeff that’s what I like to see. Rubio getting up quick for no reason.
— Jimmy Butler (@JimmyButler) March 3, 2018
It was not a particularly surprising post, given that Butler has previously been critical of his young team not always playing hard enough.
Following the play itself, Teague was ejected, joining teammate Karl-Anthony Towns, who was tossed earlier for arguing a foul call.
Meanwhile, Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau got into a heated argument with Jazz forward Jae Crowder. Thibodeau and Crowder were issued a double technical, as reported by ESPN, and Crowder was later ejected when he got called for a second technical foul in the game’s final seconds.
Responding to Crowder and Thibodeau’s argument, Butler called out Crowder, his former college teammate at Marquette.
Jae get away from my coach. You don’t want no smoke either
— Jimmy Butler (@JimmyButler) March 3, 2018
Crowder didn’t seem pleased.
I DONT TWITTER BEEF ILL LEAVE THAT TO U.. BUT U GOT MY PHONE NUMBER AND KNOW MY HOME ADDRESS..!! THE REST CAN BE HISTORY 😈😈 https://t.co/FGDRYnYyg5
— JAE CROWDER (@CJC9BOSS) March 3, 2018
It does, however, appear that the story will end with a smile. Listen to Crowder after the game.
Jae Crowder talks about the postgame “Twitter beef” with @JimmyButler. Both are Marquette guys. He says it’s not serious and is in the locker room laughing it off. “That’s my guy,” Crowder said. pic.twitter.com/LlNtJSZRdf
— Eric Woodyard (@E_Woodyard) March 3, 2018
All’s well that ends well.
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