Portland Trail Blazers veteran Kent Bazemore was ejected Tuesday against the Toronto Raptors after racking up two technical fouls in quick succession near the end of the third quarter. Bazemore’s ejection served as something to rally around, as the Blazers went on to gut out a win over the Raptors. After the game, Bazemore explained his ejection (via Jamie Hudson of NBC Sports Northwest):
“I thought there was a lot of contact on the drive. We had been getting in the paint all night, and we felt like we were getting hit pretty much on every play early in the game.