A frustrated Dillon Brooks and Ja Morant must have used some special language near the end of the Grizzlies’ loss to the Timberwolves, because both were ejected within a matter of minutes near the end of the game Wednesday night.
The league fined Morant $35,000 for “confronting and directing inappropriate language toward a game official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection.”
Morant was not demonstrative at the time and was clearly surprised by the ejection. Before leaving the court he dapped up Anthony Edwards (who was shooting free throws) and a couple of other players before heading back to the locker room. Afterward Morant took to social media.
Ja Morant’s reaction to being ejected on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/1ouQwBhwSj
— Damichael Cole (@DamichaelC) December 1, 2022
If the official said that to Morant, he should also be punished. The league can’t come down on players for not showing the referees respect if it’s not a two-way street.
It was an ugly loss for the Grizzlies, who fell to a Timberwolves team without Karl-Anthony Towns.
