Trae Younger’s evening ended early.
The star Hawks level guard was ejected from Atlanta’s 120-95 loss within the first recreation of the play-in spherical to the Magic on Tuesday evening in Orlando after he acquired two technical fouls.
The sequence occurred with lower than 5 minutes to go within the fourth quarter after Younger drilled a floater within the paint.
He then picked the ball and appeared to throw it with some further cheddar at referee James Williams, who then T’d up Younger.
As Younger went down the courtroom, the ball got here again close to him after Williams flung it towards the opposite aspect of the courtroom.
That’s when Younger received in entrance of the ball and as a substitute of instantly giving it to Pat Fraher, the four-time All-Star dealt with it a bit extra after which walked to the baseline with it, getting his second technical and an ejection from the ballgame.
Younger completed with a game-high 28 factors and 6 assists regardless of getting the ejection.
Atlanta will now play the winner of the sport between the Bulls and Warmth, whereas the Magic advance to the primary spherical for a date with the second-seeded Celtics.
