Jordan Walsh ejected from Celtics Summer League game after back-to-back technical fouls

Jordan Walsh s best performance of the summer ended before halftime The third-year Celtics forward was ejected from Monday night s Summer League matchup with the Miami Heat in Las Vegas after picking up two technical fouls in quick succession The first came after Walsh drew a foul in transition on a tough make against Erik Stevenson Walsh bumped Stevenson while celebrating the and-one bucket and the Miami guard shoved him in response resulting in technicals for both players Seven seconds later Walsh made contact with Pelle Larsson near halfcourt then pushed the Heat wing into the front row of seats When Larsson turned to accost him Walsh shoved him again then screamed as the two were separated The reckless play and ensuing scrum resulted in another set of double technical fouls on Walsh and Larsson Since the tech was Walsh s second he was booted from the tournament with remaining in the first half Related Articles Should Celtics sign Damian Lillard Cases for against pursuing All-Star guard Four takeaways from Celtics Summer League win over Knicks Celtics notebook Thoughts on Boston s talent drain Damian Lillard rumors Boston Celtics announce four-game preseason schedule Brad Stevens opens up about Al Horford s manageable return Celtics plans Before his early exit Walsh scored points on efficient -of- shooting and added three rebounds and one steal in minutes of action It was shaping up to be an encouraging bounce-back performance by the second-round draft pick who was whistled for seven personal fouls and went -for- from the field in Sunday s win over the New York Knicks Walsh opened Summer League with a strong -point outing on -of- shooting last Friday in a win over the Memphis Grizzlies He s the longest-tenured Celtic on the unit s summer squad and is looking to prove he deserves a rotation role in Year after logging minutes per meeting across appearances last season In his two-year NBA career Walsh has averaged points and rebounds per event and per minutes while shooting from the field and from -point range He has yet to crack head coach Joe Mazzulla s core rotation but there will be opportunities for Celtics reserves to earn additional playing time after the group lost nearly half of its regulars this offseason including rehabbing superstar Jayson Tatum Achilles out indefinitely It ll be up to players like Walsh and fellow Summer Leaguer Baylor Scheierman to seize those chances Boston wants Walsh who at still is one of the band s youngest players to be aggressive at both ends of the floor but his lack of composure Monday night likely won t sit well with the Celtics shot-callers a large number of of whom had a literal front-row seat to his ejection The group of spectators he pushed Larsson into included Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens organization president Rich Gotham vice president of basketball ops Mike Zarren and incoming majority owner Bill Chisholm The Celtics have at least two games remaining on their Summer League schedule They ll face the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday at p m ET