You could expect from many players to get ejected from an NBA game, but never from LeBron James. Yet, that is just what happened on Tuesday night in Cleveland Cavaliers’ win against the Miami Heat. To make things more interesting, it was the first ejection in James’ career. To put things in perspective, The King is currently in his 15th NBA season and has played 1082 regular season games and 217 playoff games.
In the third quarter of the game against the Heat, James was driving to the basket and drew contact from James Johnson and Dion Waiters. The officials remained silent, which ticked off James, who thought he deserved a foul. After making gestures and saying something to the referee Kane Fitzgerald, James received a technical and was out of the game.
“On that particular play I got fouled all the way up the court, from the time that I stripped him (Johnson) all the way until I got to the rim, and so that’s what it’s about,” – said James about the ejection. ”I said what I had to say and I moved on, but he (Fitzgerald) thought that I should get two of them, so it is … we got the win and that’s most important.”
James added that he thinks he doesn’t get calls from the referees and isn’t on the free throw line as often as he should.
Fitzgerald, on the other hand, said he ejected James due to his aggressive behavior and vulgarities.
”It was a culmination of a couple different acts,” – Fitzgerald told to a reporter. ”Immediately after the no-call, he turned and threw an air punch directly at me and then he aggressively charged at me and then he used vulgarity in my ear a few times.”
After a rough start of the season, Cleveland Cavaliers are currently on a nine-game winning streak, with LeBron James statistically playing one of the best seasons in his life.
