Frustration appeared to get the best of DeMar DeRozan in Game 4 of the Toronto Raptors’ Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
DeRozan swatted Jordan Clarkson in the face as the Cavs guard was elevating for a layup late in the third quarter:
DeMar Derozan ejected for this. pic.twitter.com/JgGlYThF2I
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The officials reviewed the play and gave DeRozan a flagrant 2 foul, which resulted in an automatic ejection.
Toronto was getting blown out by that point and around 14 minutes away from being swept out of the postseason by the Cavaliers, so DeRozan probably decided that he’d had enough. He wasn’t pouting despite a fourth-quarter benching in Game 3, but it certainly looked like he had a lot of frustration to unload in that moment.
