WASHINGTON -- Washington point guard Isaiah Thomas was ejected in the first quarter of the Wizards' game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night for making contact with an official.
Thomas was tied up along the sideline by Portland's Carmelo Anthony with 10:32 left in the quarter. As he broke away from Anthony, he made contact with referee Marat Kogut, who stumbled into the crowd.
Thomas was given a technical foul and ejected. The call was reviewed and upheld.
The Wizards went on to lose 122-103.
"He made physical contact with the referee,'' crew chief Mark Ayotte said in a pool report. "It was definitely just a push during the dead ball contact with the referee.''
Wizards coach Scott Brooks thought the contact was accidental.
"I mean I had a different view of it obviously," he said. "They were in a scrum and they were fighting for the ball, a jump ball. I had a view that it looked like he lost his balance but [Kogut] had a better view and then they looked at it. They looked at it so you would hope they made the right call.''
Thomas wasn't in the locker room after the game.
Born: February 7, 1989 (age 30 years), Tacoma, WA
Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 185 lbs
Shoe size: 12
Current team: Washington Wizards (#4 / Point guard)
Salary: 6.261 million USD (2017)
from his birthday to being ejected....
330 days..
330/33
..137/33rd prime
Ejected by official wearing #32 with 10:32 to go in the quarter
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