The Detroit Pistons won their third straight game Monday, downing the Sacramento Kings, 103-97. They had to weather a Kings’ rally in the second half, though, without the services of backup power forward Charlie Villanueva. Villanueva, who has played his way back into the Pistons’ regular rotation, was hit with a Flagrant-2 foul and ejected after delivering a hard foul on Sacramento’s Isaiah Thomas. As Thomas drove the lane, Villanueva caught him high with an elbow. Thomas reacted immediately, jumping into Villanueva’s face — the Kings’ guard had to be restrained by teammates as Villanueva backed away, perhaps hoping to avoid making the situation any worse. Judge for yourself on the video below. Did Charlie V. deserve his ejection?
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