With less than three minutes remaining during the Warriors' win over the Knicks on Tuesday night, Kevin Durant was hit with a technical foul.
It was his second of the game, which meant he was ejected (four a league-high fourth time this season).
After practice on Wednesday, Durant said that he was an "a--hole" to referee James Williams.
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"I can't react like that. I wish I could apologize to James because that's really out of my character," Durant said.
On Thursday morning, the Twitter account "@OfficialNBARefs" tweeted:
The "@NBPA" chimed in:
Can't we all just get along permanently?!
Drew Shiller is the co-host of Warriors Outsiders. Follow him on Twitter @DrewShiller