With playoff positions generally settled across the NBA, the league’s final day of the regular season was supposed to be uneventful. It’s why we saw so many teams rest key players. But no day in the NBA can simply be normal. That especially went for Game 82.
Shortly after Rudy Gobert got sent home early for throwing a punch at teammate Kyle Anderson, the Jazz-Lakers game had some strange drama of its own. It all surrounded the etiquette of Ochai Agbaji’s pass to referee Derek Richardson.
