“This league is a JOKE” Spencer Dinwiddie being ejected over ‘elbowing’ Jordan Poole has fans is disbelief
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Spencer Dinwiddie was ejected from the game between Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors. He was called for a flagrant 2 in the fourth quarter of the game. The game between Dallas and Golden State was one of the best games so far this season. The two teams met for the first time since their playoffs last season. Dallas perhaps came for their revenge and also to break their 4 game-losing streak.
Mavs had 17 points lead in the first quarter of the game, but as the game got near to 48 minutes mark, the leads were cut and exchanged many times between the two teams. Early in the 4th quarter with 10.52 remaining on the clock Dallas was leading the game 94-91. Dinwiddie tried to break the Warriors’ defense but hit Jordan Poole’s face with his elbow.
As Poole fell directly on the court holding his face, the officials called a foul on Dinwiddie. However, they wanted to see if it was a flagrant foul from him. After reviewing the play, the officials declared it a flagrant-2 foul, consequently throwing him out of the game.
Covering the game were Candice Parker and Stan Van Gundy who also were open with their opinion about the foul before the call was made by the officials. Gundy made it clear that it was above the shoulders but not sure if it was the arm or elbow. However, both Parker and Gundy anticipated that it would change into flagrant 2.
Dallas won the game 113-116 with Luka Doncic’s 40+ points triple-double. Leading the Warriors Stephen Curry scored 32 points but had a rough shooting night as he made only 5 of 14 three-point shots and 11 of 24 shots from the field. On a historical night, Luka had his name written beside Oscar Robertson.
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Fans were left in disbelief after Spencer Dinwiddie is ejected for elbowing Jordan Poole
After flagrant-2 was called on Spencer Dinwiddie many fans were left infuriated with the call. According to many, the elbow from Dinwiddie was not intentional and should not have been flagrant-2. They found it excessive. One of the fans wrote, “This league is a JOKE“. Defending Dinwiddie, another fan wrote, “This looks dirty but I know dinwiddie isn’t like that.” Here are some fan reactions from Twitter;
Although Dinwiddie’s ejection did impact Dallas’ offense in the 4th quarter, they still came out winning the game. Luka Doncic who registered his 3rd 40+ triple-double this season finished the game with 41 points, 12 assists, and 12 rebounds. Dinwiddie had 14 points in the game before being ejected.
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