Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash. Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Nets HC Steve Nash gets ejected for first time

Since being hired ahead of the 2020-21 season, Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash coached 157 games without being ejected. 

That all changed during Wednesday night's contest against the Milwaukee Bucks. 

Late in the third quarter, Nash complained to officials about the lack of a foul call against Bucks' star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Officials gave Nash a technical foul, which only further incensed the Nets' head man, leading to a second tech and an ejection from the game. 

Nets players had to pull their head coach away from the confrontation as a wide-eyed Nash continued to go after the officials. 

Normally calm and reserved, Nash showed a kind of emotion he's rarely displayed, even as a player. According to ESPN, through 1,217 career NBA games, Nash was ejected only twice. 

Nash and the Nets are off to a sluggish start to the 2022-23 campaign. Heading into Wednesday's game in Milwaukee, the Nets had dropped two of their first three games, including a 10-point loss to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this week. 

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