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Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks is dealing with one other computerized one-game suspension after choosing up his 18th technical foul of the season on Monday night time throughout the crew’s 112-108 comeback win over the Dallas Mavericks. Brooks completed with 9 factors, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists on the night time.
During the center of the third quarter, Brooks drove to the basket and threw down a powerful lefty jam over Maxi Kleber. He was rightfully impressed with himself for the play however celebrated with a bit an excessive amount of enthusiasm in entrance of the Mavericks’ bench; his little shimmy earned him a fast technical.
To little shock, this was not the primary little bit of extracurriculars involving Brooks on the night time. Early within the recreation, he acquired into it with Kyrie Irving, who wasn’t impressed. “Keep enjoying that dumb— protection,” Irving mentioned. That trash discuss ended up backfiring on Irving, who scored 28 factors however was held to 10-of-24 from the sphere because the Mavericks blew a 16-point second-half lead.
Earlier this month, Brooks acquired his sixteenth technical foul of the season, which is the common season’s restrict for gamers and coaches. Once somebody hits that mark, they’re robotically suspended for one recreation; for each two further technicals all through the season, they’re then suspended for an additional recreation. Brooks was the primary participant to achieve that mark, although he was later joined by his most important rival, Golden State Warriors ahead Draymond Green.
The technical foul saga is simply the newest little bit of bother for Brooks, who has cemented his controversial standing with a number of on-court incidents this season. Back in February, he was suspended for a recreation for hitting Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell with a low blow. More just lately, he was fined $35,000 earlier this month for shoving a digicam operator to the bottom throughout the crew’s loss to the Miami Heat.
