Why Goga Bitadze Was Ejected in Magic vs. Hawks

Things continue to get physical between the Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks.

After several physical moments between the two teams during their four meetings this season, things continued to get dangerous in the fourth quarter of their final regular season contest. Bitadze went up for a rebound against Hawks center Jock Landale, but he pulled down his shoulder, which led him to hit the ground hard.

It was a scary moment in the arena, but Landale was cleared to play by Hawks medical staff after being looked at on the ground.

Following the play, Hawks guard Dyson Daniels came to Landale's defense and pushed Bitadze after the play. He was assessed a technical foul while Bitadze was handed a flagrant-2 foul, which led to his ejection from the game.