POOL REPORT ON THE TIMEOUT CALL AND THE EJECTION OF RICK CARLISLE IN TONIGHT’S MAVERICKS/CLIPPERS GAME:

INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY TIM MCMAHON (ESPN.COM) WITH CREW CHIEF KANE FITZGERALD FOLLOWING TONIGHT’S DALLAS MAVERICKS VS. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS GAME

August 26, 2020

QUESTION: WHY WERE THE CLIPPERS ALLOWED THE TIMEOUT AFTER TIM HARDAWAY JR. WAS HANDED THE BALL?

FITZGERALD: “That was actually not the sequence of events. Doc (Rivers) requested the timeout and Pat (Fraher) recognized the timeout prior to Hardaway receiving the ball. This was reconfirmed via video postgame.”

QUESTION: WHY WAS COACH RICK CARLISLE EJECTED?

FITZGERALD: “He received two technical fouls for excessive arguing and profanity, which is an automatic ejection.”