Both Cousins and Durant are ejected ? pic.twitter.com/spHpEHcr5l
— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) December 5, 2017
The Golden State Warriors recovered from a 20-point deficit to improve to 4-0 on their longest road trip of the season Monday night against New Orleans.
They also kept up their ejection streak, as at least one Warriors player was ejected for the third straight game.
With the Warriors leading by eight in the game’s final minutes, Kevin Durant and the DeMarcus Cousins got into a verbal altercation that quickly escalated. Both players were ejected from the game.
The ejection was Durant’s second in three games, as he was also tossed from the Warriors’ win on Friday night in Orlando.
On Sunday evening, reserve point guard Shaun Livingston was thrown out of the Warriors’ win in Miami for making contact with official Courtney Kirkland while arguing a call. Livingston served a one-game suspension handed down by the NBA on Monday night, while Kirkland was suspended for a week of action for initiating contact with Livingston.