Overview
- Kidd was tossed with 5:44 left in the first quarter after two technicals for profanity, according to the crew chief’s pool report.
- The confrontation followed a goaltending call on Max Christie’s block of Ayo Dosunmu, with officials saying Dallas could not challenge because the ball had been handed to the thrower-in.
- Frank Vogel said the Mavericks believed they still had the right to challenge, and he coached the remainder of the game after Kidd’s ejection.
- Replays appeared to show Christie pinning Dosunmu’s layup on the backboard, a look that fueled Dallas’ protest of the call.
- Dallas, already missing Anthony Davis with a left-hand ligament injury that could keep him out for months, lost 125-107 to Chicago to fall to 14-25.