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Russell Westbrook gets ejected, curses out refs on his way out

Before Thunder guard Russell Westbrook could even dish out an assist, the MVP candidate was tossed from Thursday's game against the Grizzlies after complaining to the officials about a shot clock reset issue.

With Memphis' JaMychal Green at the free-throw line, Westbrook can be heard ripping an official before receiving back to back technical fouls resulting in an ejection. He yells, "that's bulls—, that's crazy" while pointing at another official on his way out.

Westbrook continued to argue about the shot clock resetting on a previous Grizzlies’ possession. during the free throw attempts one official T'd him up then signaled all the players to clear out so Gasol could shoot the technical free throw.