Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was ejected from Friday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies for slapping the Grizzlies’ Jae Crowder on the butt in the third quarter. It was Thompson’s second technical foul of the game, resulting in an automatic ejection.
Tristan Thompson has been ejected from the game in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/HRja4hntt5
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) January 18, 2020
Tristan Thompson gets second technical and ejected for pulling an Odell Beckham and slapping Jae Crowder in the ass pic.twitter.com/qjVcoJVloL
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 18, 2020
Tristan Thompson downplays the exchange with his former teammate Jae Crowder, honored to move up the @cavs rankings to third in all-time rebounding. #BeTheFight pic.twitter.com/cSForcWaKV
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) January 18, 2020
It’s apparently butt-slap week with Cleveland athletes. On Thursday, New Orleans police obtained an arrest warrant for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., after Beckham slapped the butt of a police officer in the LSU locker room following the Tigers’ national championship victory.
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