Trae Young Plays Keep-Away With Ref, Earns Unreal Two-Technical Play-In Ejection

Stephen Douglas | Apr 15, 2025

Trae Young would not give the ball back and earned his second technical against the Magic. / @MrBuckBuckNB

Trae Young earned himself a memorable ejection late in the Atlanta Hawks' play-in tournament loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night. The Hawks had the Magic's lead down to six at the start of the fourth quarter, but proceeded to get blown out in the final frame.

With less than five minutes remaining and the Magic up by 22, a frustrated Trae Young hit a floater, caught the ball and threw a hard chest pass to one of the referees. This earned him his first technical as he jogged back up the floor.

When the refere rolled the ball to the other end for a free throw, Young kicked the ball away and played keepaway with another referee to earn a second technical and the ejection.

Trae Young receives double technical and is ejected from the game.
He also had a nice move beforehand, where he swished the ball between Wendell Carter Jr. legs and scored the floater. pic.twitter.com/O7yNOWb1F2

— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) April 16, 2025

The view from the stands is even more amusing.

Trae Young has been EJECTED from the Hawks-Magic play-in game after picking up two technical fouls 😬pic.twitter.com/k60YXYTJEv

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 16, 2025

You will never see a player so done with a game.

Young and the Hawks play again on Friday, with the final spot in the postseason on the line.

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