Tyrus Thomas elbows James Singleton in the face, earns NBA?s first post-Metta World Peace ejection (VIDEO) (Ball Don't Lie)

Thursday, May 03 2012

If you asked me to bet on which NBA player would earn the first ejection following Metta World Peace's highly publicized tossing after firing an elbow into the head of James Harden on Sunday afternoon, I probably would have guessed Larry Sanders. After all, the Milwaukee Bucks center has gotten himself run twice in the past two weeks, once for arguing against the Oklahoma City Thunder and once for nearly starting a brawl against the Indiana Pacers. He's not the most violent sort ? his play of late has been more whiny/upset than thorough/scary ? but given his recent run-ins with NBA law, he seemed like a pretty decent bet. As it turns out, you guys should have asked me; you'd have taken all my money. Because the answer ? obviously, cosmically, perfectly ? was Tyrus Thomas, who exited, stage left, after elbowing, stage face, James Singleton in the closing seconds of the opening quarter of Monday's a-capella-friendly avert-your-eyes matchup between the Charlotte Bobcats and Washington...
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