On the morning of April 23, the NBA playoff Pelicans returned home to meet the Suns with a 1-1 score, and the Pelicans suffered a blow in the second quarter, and Hayes' foul was blown off as a second-degree malicious foul and directly expelled.
In the middle of the second quarter, the Pelicans attacked, McCollum shook off the defender in front of him, and the retreat jumper hit a 43-43. However, there was a fierce confrontation under the basket, the Suns Claude fell to the ground, and then Claude was very angry, got up to find Hayes theory, and the Sun teammates and referees rushed forward to stop it.
The referee then made a video replay, and when McCollum shot, Hayes was ready to scramble for the rebound and pushed Down Crowder, and the referee finally determined that Hayes's action was an unnecessary basketball action, and the second-degree malicious foul directly expelled Hayes.
Judging from the slow-motion replay, Hayes looked at Claude next to him before making the move, and then crashed directly into Claude, with both hands and a forward push.
Of course, as a young player born in 2000, Hayes may have had a mental problem, and less than a minute later, the Suns counter-attacked, Shamet flew into the dunk, and Hayes flew up to defend it too late, sending a foul. Bridges went straight to the front to "provoke" Hayes.