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Monday, December 10, 2012

NBA Ejections: David Jones (1) & TFFL Day 41

Referee (Crew Chief) David Jones ejected Toronto Raptors center Amir Johnson for physically contacting an official (Rule 12-A-V technical foul; conduct) during the third period of the Raptors-Trail Blazers game. With 5:02 remaining in the third quarter, official Jones had retrieved the game ball after administering the first of two free throws to Trail Blazers forward J.J. Hickson. Replays indicate Johnson attempted to grab the basketball from Jones' hands, while Jones attempted to pull away from Johnson. When Johnson ultimately ripped the basketball from Jones' grasp, Jones immediately ejected Johnson for a conduct technical foul. At the time of the ejection, the Trail Blazers were leading, 59-48. The Trail Blazers ultimately won the contest, 92-74.

Wrap: Toronto Raptors vs. Portland Trail Blazers, 12/10/12
Video: Johnson is ejected for grabbing ball from Jones during a free throw; Johnson ejects mouth piece

 2012-13 TFFL: Day 41 (6 Games, 4 Technicals, 1 Ejection).
268: 13 Monty McCutchen, 35 Kane Fitzgerald, 68 Marat Kogut. Mavericks' Mayo; 2nd, 3:25 (double-269).
269: 13 Monty McCutchen, 35 Kane Fitzgerald, 68 Marat Kogut. Kings' Cousins; 2nd, 3:25 (double-268).
270: 13 Monty McCutchen, 35 Kane Fitzgerald, 68 Marat Kogut. Kings' Thompson; 2nd, 2:44.
The Dallas Mavericks ultimately won the contest, defeating the Sacramento Kings, 119-96.

271: 36 David Jones, 71 Rodney Mott, 60 James Williams. Raptors' Johnson; 3rd, 5:02.
Referee (Crew Chief) David Jones ejected Raptors C Amir Johnson for conduct technical foul.
The Portland Trail Blazers ultimately won the contest, defeating the Toronto Raptors, 92-74.

1. (55 pts) youthministeradam, cyclone14.
3. (54 pts) Bino.
4. (53 pts) tonyjia888.
5. (52 pts) flasherasher, ump89.
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5 comments:

  1. RussDecember 11, 2012 at 12:36 AM

    The ejection was certainly warranted, but why wouldn't David Jones let Amir Johnson touch the ball. You can read his lips and all Johnson is saying is "let me see the ball, let me see it" Many NBA players do this in between free throws where the want to touch the ball. I don't know why, but it is common. I think Jones could have handled that better. However, once Johnson tried to take the ball from Jones he was as good as gone and deservedly so.

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  2. ump89December 11, 2012 at 3:31 AM

    Why was Jones the CC? He was official #2 in the assignments with Mott being CC

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  3. BillDecember 11, 2012 at 3:49 AM

    "You can read his lips and all Johnson is saying is "let me see the ball, let me see it" Many NBA players do this in between free throws where the want to touch the ball."
    My case for being ONLY a baseball umpire just got stronger....lol.

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  4. JimDecember 11, 2012 at 12:48 PM

    The box score has him as cc with Mott as #2 for some reason. Mott usually would be CC I figure, but I've also seen Dick Bavetta listed as a #2, so who knows...

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  5. RussDecember 11, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    Dick Bavetta is not a full time Crew Chief, neither are Mott or Jones. All three of them are part time crew chiefs along with Michael Smith, Zach Zarba and Leon Wood. It is possible Jones was the crew chief since they both are part time. However, I would guess it was Mott since he is a crew chief more often and has a little bit of a better playoff record, although both are consistently in the playoffs.

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