Billy Donovan and Alex Caruso both took exception to Grayson Allen’s flagrant-2 foul that drew the Bucks guard an ejection on Friday.
“It was really bad. It was really, really bad,” Donovan said. “I’ll just say this: We lost Patrick on a flagrant foul to a pretty significant injury. And I said this after the game: I think Mitchell Robinson was trying to make a legitimate play on the basketball. It happened to be a flagrant. There are times there’s flagrant fouls.
“He’s dealing with his wrist right now. I don’t know to what extent his wrist is. Just being there, it’s really, really dangerous to go after somebody like that. And I personally thought it was just not good. For it to even be extended to a flagrant-two and be thrown out of the game, clearly the officials must’ve felt there was some intent there the way yanked him and snapped him to the floor and head bounced off the floor. So a really, really dangerous play.
Caruso landed on his wrist and side and appeared to bounce his head off the hardwood. But later, the guard said it was merely his wrist and side that he was initially worried about. X-rays were negative.