Trae Young ejection: Hawks star tossed after trolling referees in Play-In Tournament vs. Magic

Trae Young's nighttime ended aboriginal arsenic things got distant from the Hawks precocious successful the 2025 Play-In Tournament opener.

Young, nary alien to lasting retired connected the Play-In Tournament stage, began to find his groove successful the 2nd fractional aft a unsmooth archetypal 2 quarters for Atlanta. And portion helium began to find a bushed successful the 2nd half, Young's vexation with Tuesday night's officiating unit became much evident with time.

With the crippled intelligibly retired of reach, Young's frustrations reached their highest arsenic helium earned himself an aboriginal travel to the showers with 2 speedy method fouls.

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Here's what Young did to warrant the ejection and what it could mean for Atlanta, which is backmost successful enactment Friday night.

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Young's frustrations grew successful the 4th fourth arsenic helium demonstratively objected to a fewer calls.

With nether 5 minutes remaining, Young said and did capable to person 2 method fouls. After a made floater, Young received his archetypal method foul for forcefully throwing the shot to the baseline official. When the authoritative rolled the shot into the beforehand court, Young intercepted the walk and kept it distant from different official, who whistled him for his 2nd tech.

As helium prepared to permission the floor, Young made definite to troll the referees for bully measurement arsenic helium refused to instrumentality the basketball, adding successful a shot fake for bully measure.

Young exited the level successful a comparatively timely mode but his other actions could travel with much punishment. 

After the game, Hawks caput manager Quin Snyder told reporters that Young "addressed the request for keeping his cool" portion talking to the squad successful the locker room. Snyder added that "this is playoff basketball, there's going to beryllium adversity. We person to proceed to grip it successful a mode that tin powerfulness done immoderate of that."

Per Crew Chief James Williams, Young received his 2nd method "for kicking the shot distant and making a mockery of the crippled arsenic we were attempting to sprout the escaped propulsion for the archetypal method foul."

Will Trae Young beryllium suspended?

Young volition not person an automatic suspension for the method fouls helium received successful Tuesday's game. His actions volition apt beryllium taxable to further subject from the NBA, which is apt a fine.

The Hawks volition person 1 last accidental to suffice for the NBA Playoffs arsenic they'll big either the Heat oregon Bulls successful Friday night's Play-In Tournament game.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.