New Orleans Pelicans guard Buddy Hield earned himself a half-day at the office on Sunday night thanks to this swinging right arm into the testicular area of DeMarcus Cousins. Hield was fighting through a screen from Cousins halfway through the second quarter and almost seemed to grab on to Cousins’ ballsack as he did so.
Cousins immediately made the I’ve Just Been Hit in Junk face and instinctively grabbed his crotch and began shouting for a technical. A foul was called on Hield and the officials reviewed it and hit him with a Flagrant 2, which is an automatic ejection.
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Cousins may have felt a technical was warranted on the play regardless, but he also probably wanted to even the ledger for the night, since he had already earned a technical of his own—his association-leading 17 of the season—earlier in the game for slapping Donatas Motiejunas in the face while battling for a rebound. Last Monday, Cousins earned his 16th of the season, which comes with an automatic one-game suspension. His next technical foul will also earn him another one-game suspension.
The Kings beat the Pelicans 105-99.
