[Lorenzi] Lu Dort on the play that got him ejected in Friday’s game vs Denver: “That’s a physical game and there’s limits to it. And I went over the limit.”
After a few days, Dort conceded as much himself.
“It was a physical game throughout the whole game,” Dort told The Athletic after Tuesday’s win over the Chicago Bulls. “Obviously, that was unnecessary contact that I shouldn’t have done. I got the worst of it by getting thrown out the game. But yeah, it was a high-level game. I’m a competitor, so I compete.”
He later added: “That’s a physical game and there’s limits to it. And I went over the limit.”
Dort committed the most conspicuous non-basketball play in a game laced with inconspicuous shoves and tie-ups. Less than three minutes into the game, reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, whose expressions typically don’t go beyond a sneer, received a technical foul for chucking the ball at Jokić before complaining that the big man shoved him.