Cousins, Barnes land techs after dustup with Bulls assistant
The break between the third and fourth quarters during Monday's Bulls-Kings game was lively, with three players - Chicago's Taj Gibson, and Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins and Matt Barnes - landing technical fouls for their parts in a bizarre skirmish.
After Taj Gibson gets tech, Jim Boylen goes to help him and Boogie Cousins and Matt Barnes get upset and brush Boylen pic.twitter.com/83EfekXSIx
— Cody Westerlund (@CodyWesterlund) February 7, 2017
It began when Gibson argued a call with referee Tyler Ford. Gibson was whistled for a tech, and teammate Rajon Rondo and Bulls assistant coach Jim Boylen tried to separate Gibson from Ford.
Inexplicably at that point, Barnes and Cousins injected themselves into the fray, with Cousins shoving Boylen. It's Boogie's 15th technical foul of the season, which puts him only one away from an automatic league-mandated one-game suspension.