POOL REPORT ON THE FLAGRANT FOULS AND EJECTIONS OF PJ TUCKER (HOU) AND DENNIS SCHRODER (OKC) IN TONIGHT’S ROCKETS/THUNDER GAME:

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY ROYCE YOUNG (ESPN.COM) WITH CREW CHIEF JAMES CAPERS FOLLOWING TONIGHT’S HOUSTON ROCKETS VS. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER GAME

August 29, 2020

QUESTION: CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT LED TO THE EJECTIONS FOR PJ TUCKER AND DENNIS SCHRODER, AND THE FOULS ASSESSED?

CAPERS: “A screen action at the perimeter occurred as Schroder attempted to get through the screen, delivers an unnecessary and excessive act in the groin of Tucker. Tucker gets up and headbutts Schroder. The action of Schroder is a Flagrant Penalty 2. The action of Tucker is a automatic ejection technical foul.”

QUESTION: SO, IT WAS A DEAD BALL AUTOMATIC TECHNICAL FOUL?

CAPERS: “On Tucker, yes.”

QUESTION: WHY WAS SCHRODER’S FOUL A FLAGRANT 2 AND NOT A FLAGRANT 1?

CAPERS: “Because it was unnecessary and excessive and by rule that is the definition of a Flagrant Penalty 2.”

QUESTION: THEY CALLED IT A HOSTILE ACT ON THE BROADCAST, IS THAT HOW YOU CALLED IT?

CAPERS: “It was not a hostile act. What led us to replay was a hostile act situation. So, when we went there, we got the play right.”