Here’s the Deseret News reporting on Utah Jazz forward Trevor Booker, who was ejected after smacking Los Angeles Lakers center Roy Hibbert in the face. The Jazz won the game 117-114 in overtime.
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Booker, who started for [Derrick] Favors, was ejected early in the third quarter after picking up two technical fouls.
The first technical came after Booker bumped Lakers forward Julius Randle after a hard foul.
The second technical happened after Roy Hibbert approached Booker following that previous incident. Hibbert, who got under the Jazz forward’s skin in Sunday’s game, bumped into Booker’s chest and Utah’s feisty big man smacked the Laker center in the head with an open left hand.
Booker was then tossed and Hibbert was assessed a technical foul.
