On April 1, Beijing time, the East ushered in a focus battle, the Nets played against the Bucks at home. The two teams met again, this time Durant and Irving could play, and the two teams played very well, and the point difference was never opened. However, in the game, there was a controversial scene, Middleton once defended too much and was directly expelled from the game.
In the final quarter of the game, Brown completed the steal and prepared a dragon to dunk directly, but middleton did not want him to dunk easily, and directly slapped him down in the air. This action also caused Brown to lose his balance in the air and fall heavily on the floor, which also made the Nets players very dissatisfied and worried about Brown's situation.
Perhaps realizing that his movement was too big, Middleton immediately came up to apologize, but the fans did not do it, and directly booed to Middleton, which was indeed a bit too big.
Brown, who fell to the ground, was also very calm, did not have too many arguments, and directly glared at Middleton, and there was anger in his eyes, but he restrained himself very well.
The referee then reviewed the video and blew Middleton's second-degree vicecogn and directly expelled him. In this campaign, Middleton was not in good shape, 4 of 12, with 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and 4 turnovers. Brown is still playing well this time, with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.