Bobby Portis ejected as Pacers, Bucks pile up technical fouls in first quarter of Game 4
Emotions are running high early in Game 4 of the Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks playoff series.
Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard and Bucks big man Bobby Portis got tangled up, then traded shoves during a dead ball with 5:01 left in the first quarter Sunday night. Portis was ejected for hitting Nembhard above the neck, and Nembhard received a technical foul.
Bobby Portis vs. Andrew Nembhard. 👀
pic.twitter.com/AlZut1r87Q— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) April 28, 2024
Before that, Indiana's Paskcal Siakam and Milwaukee's Pat Beverly earned early technical fouls separate incidents.
Siakam faked out Portis and when in for an emphatic dunk, after which he stared down Portis. That's a tech.
Not long after, Beverly drove for a basket on Nembhard, then gave him the "too small" sign. That's also a tech.
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Not many fans were happy with either call.
They gave us a tech for this?? 💀 pic.twitter.com/d1SPAaOZms
— MVP43🐐 (@StepBackPascal) April 28, 2024
Pat Bev tech for 2 small is even worse than the Pascal one. Punt these refs into the sun or make them ref middle school girls pic.twitter.com/1xdVFGDsov
— Tony Niehaus (@BigT44DFS) April 28, 2024
THEY CALLED A TECH ON SIAKAM STARING AT SOMEONE AFTER A DUNK NAH BRO WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SPORT pic.twitter.com/yNa5eXUip7
— Wain🐝 (@JoeyBFutureMVP) April 28, 2024
They called a tech for that? pic.twitter.com/Zrfm8CdaBI
— C.P. Bradley (@Cp_13) April 28, 2024
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