A second-degree malicious foul, Middleton was banished. On April 1, the Game between the Bucks and the Nets, in the final moments of the fourth quarter, Middleton directly put down Brown in the middle of the defense and was expelled.
In this game, the Bucks countered the score in the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter of the game, the Bucks once led by 4 points, but Sescuari and Brown scored consecutive counter-overs, at this time, the Bucks made a mistake again, Brown took the ball to counterattack, directly to the basket, at this time, Middleton wanted to pull Brown, foul to prevent this counterattack.
But Middleton's action is very large, directly pulled to Brown's arm, so that Brown fell directly from the air to the ground, this action is also very dangerous, fortunately Brown is not a big problem, but the referee after watching the video determined that Middleton is a second-level malicious foul, directly expelled from the scene, this is also a correct judgment, after all, Middleton's action is still very dangerous, brown landed, it is also very scary.
Brown hit consecutive free throws, Irving scored, Holliday hit a three-pointer, Durant scored consecutive points, and the Nets took a nine-point lead to take the initiative.