Taurean Prince doesn’t feel conversation with Russell Westbrook warranted ejection

Taurean Prince and Russell Westbrook were ejected toward the end of Saturday’s game between the Rockets and Nets after the two shared words.

Both Taurean Prince and Russell Westbrook got the heave-ho on Saturday after they exchanged words late in the fourth quarter.

Westbrook didn’t seem too pleased with Prince after the Brooklyn Nets forward tried to strip the ball from the Houston Rockets guard on a drive. Perhaps the combination of the deficit and the time of the game (20.3 seconds left in the game) where Prince fouled Westbrook led to the guard’s frustration.

Either way, Westbrook got a head start to the locker room for his comments to Prince, and the Nets forward was told to follow suit shortly after the Rockets superstar.

When he was asked what went down on the floor by reporters in Houston, Prince made light of the issue, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post:

The conversation was super-light. Wasn’t anything to get ejected for. But that’s something I’ll have my people talk with the league about. It is what it is.