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Roger Mason Jr. was ejected from a game because of a … ‘technical glitch?’

Found January 03, 2012 on Ball Don't Lie:
PLAYERS: Roger Mason,  Rashard Lewis,  Flip Saunders
TEAMS: Washington Wizards,  Milwaukee Bucks,  New York Knicks

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You may have missed it last Friday night, after all it was a game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Washington Wizards and you do have your dignity to think of, but Wizards guard Roger Mason Jr.'s ejection from that Wizards loss came because of a very strange infraction. He was kicked out, apparently, for playing basketball. Oh, the humanity. And all the people. A "technical glitch" prevented Mason's name from being included on the Wizards' active roster for that night, and Mason was ejected from the game soon after hitting a turnaround jumper in the first quarter because he was ineligible to play. The basket, weirdly, was awarded to Rashard Lewis. Shouldn't it not have counted at all, if you're going to be this exacting about things? Michael Lee of the Washington Post has the explanation: The problem began at the league office, which submits official rosters for teams before each game. Mason wasn't on the active roster list and neither the Wizard...
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