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Why was Klay Thompson ejected? What led to Warriors’ star’s first ever Career Ejection?

Raahib Singh
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Why was Klay Thompson ejected? What led to Warriors' star's first ever Career Ejection?

Klay Thompson was ejected from the Suns-Warriors game with 6:31 left in the 3rd Quarter after a spat with Devin Booker

The Golden State Warriors are in Pheonix tonight as they take on the Suns for their first road game of the season. The Warriors and the Suns each have a 2-1 record. Both teams look for their third win of the season.

So far, the Suns and the Warriors are having a very chippy game. This game doesn’t look like the 4th game of the season for each team. It looks more like a game in March/April, like both the teams are fighting for seeding.

Klay Thompson and Devin Booker were seen talking to each other since the start of the 2nd half.

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The talk got louder when Draymond Green tried blocking Miles Bridges’ open layup after he stole the ball off a Green pass. That resulted in Thompson getting ejected.

Why was Klay Thompson ejected?

Klay Thompson has played 759 games in his legendary career. In all of these games, he’s never been ejected. However, tonight is a night of firsts for the Warriors. Klay was ejected after he was assessed a double technical during a timeout.

During the timeout, both Klay and Booker were in each other’s faces and assessed a technical. However, even after the two were separated, Klay didn’t stop talking to Booker and the Suns’ bench. This resulted in Klay receiving his 2nd tech, and getting ejected.

The Warriors were on the receiving end of an 11-0 run since Klay got ejected. They’re down 19 right now, with the 4th quarter left. We’ll have to see if they can string a run to make a comeback and take the game in Phoenix.

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Warriors-Suns recorded the most Technicals in a Quarter since the 1980s

The Warriors-Suns game has been quite crazy. There are a lot of things happening in the game, including the referees handing out technical fouls like candy. In the third quarter alone, there were seven technical fouls issued!

The Warriors were issued a team technical foul. Along with that, there were technical fouls on Draymond Green, Deandre Ayton, Chris Paul, Devin Booker, and two on Klay Thompson. According to the TNT casters, these are the most technicals issued in a quarter since the 1979-80 season.

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Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh

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Raahib Singh is an NBA Journalist and Content Strategist at The SportsRush. A Computer Science Engineer by qualification, Raahib's passion for sports drew him towards TSR. He started playing basketball at 14 and has been following the NBA since 2013. His entry into the basketball world perfectly coincided with Stephen Curry putting the league on notice. Having followed the league for a long time, he decided to use his knowledge to become a sportswriter with The SportsRush in 2020. Raahib loves to put up some shots in his spare time, watch Cricket, Formula 1, and/or read a nice thriller.

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