The standout player for the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum, was removed from his team’s big game on Friday against the Philadelphia 76ers after he argued a call late in the third quarter.
Tatum protested the call a lot after it was signaled for a foul, with the Celtics coaches attempting to hold him back.
Tatum accidentally struck Covington in the face with his forearm, resulting in the Celtics All-Star being called for an offensive foul.
Tatum became irate with the referees and gave them the cold shoulder while the play was being examined for what might have been a flagrant foul.
Soon later, Tatum received his second technical foul of the match and was sent out.
Given that the game was a rivalry between the Celtics and 76ers, tensions were probably higher.
Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid missed the game, but the Sixers’ remaining players were nonetheless competitive against the Celtics on their
In the last seconds of the third quarter of Boston’s 125-119 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night at TD Garden, Jayson Tatum, the standout player for the Boston Celtics, did not think his conduct warranted a second technical foul and an ejection.
With 2.1 seconds left in the third quarter, referee Nick Buchert ejected playmaker Jayson Tatum for receiving his second technical foul. Tatum had been called for an offensive foul against 76ers forward Robert Covington, which was later upgraded to a flagrant foul 1.
Tatum and Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee both had puzzled expressions on their faces when Buchert and Phenizee Ransom simultaneously gestured to dismiss him.
“They were prepared to dismiss me,” Tatum grinned in response to the question of whether he had used profanity prior to his second technical foul.
“Bill and I were conversing, and as I previously mentioned, referees can influence the outcome of a game. And while the result favored Boston, Philadelphia managed to hang around on a night without the league MVP Joel Embiid, standout guard Tyrese Maxey, who was unwell, and starter Nicolas Batum, who had a finger injury.
Tatum thought it wasn’t fair, finishing with 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists in just 21 minutes.
The Celtics scored 10 points in their 76ers game against a shorthanded team headed by Patrick Beverley, who scored 26 points.
The Friday night matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers had all the makings of a trap game.
When Jayson Tatum got into a heated argument with the referees about whether his unintentional elbow on Covington should be considered a “hostile act,” he was removed from the game for receiving his second technical penalty.
Despite the fact that the Celtics ultimately defeated the Sixers 125-119, the referees’ over eager whistle has understandably infuriated the team’s supporters.
“Jason Tatum cannot be removed from a nationally televised game.” Come on, I’m going to the crib now.
Evan Turner, a former NBA forward, voiced his annoyance.
“It’s embarrassing that Jayson Tatum was dismissed. Fans don’t show up
After all, the fan feels that Tatum, the team’s star player, ought to have understood that he had already received one technical penalty and shouldn’t have placed himself in a situation where the referees could decide to remove him from the game.
As always, the solution is somewhere in the middle, even if it is perfectly acceptable for Celtics supporters to feel offended by Jayson Tatum’s dismissal.
The fans were not happy, to put it mildly.
