There must be something in the air in the NBA these days. Derrick Stafford tossed Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle from last nights game against the Atlanta Hawks. Carlisle was tossed with 2:46 left in the second quarter for attempting to plead his case that Dirk Nowitzki was being roughed up.
“I thought Dirk was being held and pushed and got fouled repeatedly,” Carlisle said. “I kept asking for a foul to be called, but it wasn’t. I turned to the official and just got thrown out.”
Carlisle’s ejection comes only a few nights after Doc Rivers was ejected from a game by Bill Kennedy for shady reasons. Are the officials getting a little trigger happy here towards the end of the season? Who will be the next casualty?
