Getty PHOENIX, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 26: Deandre Ayton #5 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half of the NBA game at Mortgage Matchup Center on February 26, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona.
LA Lakers center Deandre Ayton was slapped with his first-ever ejection in an NBA game after hitting Houston Rockets’ Alperen Sengun with an inadvertent elbow during Game 4 of their first-round series.
Ayton was not pleased about the call, a flagrant foul penalty 2 in the 5:41 mark of the third quarter. Ayton said that his arm only slipped while bracing the
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