By the way Crowder in the end backed up and wanted no part of Payton. Not that it matters much.
Uh, that didn't happen.
Crowder got up, went after Payton hard, the ref quickly got in the middle and blocked Crowder, who still struggled to get at Payton and then thought better of getting ejected and fined when a whole herd of people arrived. Crowder should have gotten one tech for going after Payton and been allowed to stay in and shoot the FT's.
Clyde & Breen also thought his ejection was nonsense.
I've said before that folks probably don't want to mess with NYK with Randle and Morris. But Crowder and Valanciunas are big and tough.
And btw it was the combination of the steal and the 3 that got the Knix all huffy and hurt feelings. Again, play better and smarter and it doesn't happen. But I prefer Crowder's actions on that play than Randle or Payton's.