{"id":1558896,"date":"2023-04-23T23:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T03:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1558896"},"modified":"2023-04-23T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T03:46:50","slug":"hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Hawks Dejounte Murray Bumps Ref, Could Be Suspended for Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/atlanta-hawks\/\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a>\u00a0lost a heartbreaker to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/boston-celtics\">Boston Celtics<\/a>\u00a0in the first round of the NBA playoffs to go down 3-1 in the series. The real drama happened after the game, though, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dejounte-murray-trade-spurs-tanking-generational-prospect-giannis-antetokounmpo-kevin-durant\/\">Hawks guard Dejounte Murray<\/a>\u00a0bumped an official and may have earned a suspension for the team's do-or-die Game 5 matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-will-hawks-guard-dejounte-murray-be-suspended-for-bumping-a-ref\"><strong>Will Hawks guard Dejounte Murray be suspended for bumping a ref?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dejounte-Murray.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=576&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Dejounte Murray, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, NBA playoffs, Game 5\" class=\"wp-image-1558900\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dejounte Murray | Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/who-has-the-most-points-in-boston-celtics-history-hint-its-not-larry-bird\/\">The Celtics<\/a>\u00a0took a 2-0 lead at home against the Hawks in the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs before Atlanta took Game 3 to get the series to 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, the Celtics won Game 4 129-121 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hawks now have an uphill battle, as teams down 3-1 have only come back in 13 of the 258 (4.8%) NBA playoff series where this has happened, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landofbasketball.com\/statistics\/playoff_series_3_1.htm\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land of Basketball<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The task will get even harder if star guard Dejounte Murray is suspended for Game 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a real possibility, as Murray went after referee Gediminas Petraitis at the end of Game 4 and purposely bumped him. After the bump, Murray continued to yell at officials as Hawks staff escorted him off the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dejounte Murray appeared to say something to a ref after the Hawks\u2019 Game 4 loss.<br><br>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/creatorjordan23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@creatorjordan23<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2KdiRpZqed\">pic.twitter.com\/2KdiRpZqed<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1650326756086231040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray did not say after the game why he went after Petraitis. It may have been due to foul calls (or non-calls) during the game. The Celtics shot 25 foul shots in Game 4 to the Hawks' 24, but Murray only shot once from the stripe in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is a Dejounte Murray suspension for his actions, the Hawks will be in trouble. Murray has been one of the best players for his team in this series. In Game 4, he played 40 minutes and put in 23 points with six assists and nine rebounds. In the first three games, he had 24, 29, and 25 points for the Hawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams play again on Tuesday, so if a suspension from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/did-nba-commissioner-adam-silver-ever-play-basketball\/\">NBA Commissioner Adam Silver<\/a>\u00a0does come down, it will likely be on Monday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawks are down 3-1 to the Celtics in the NBA playoffs, and Game 5 could be tougher if Dejounte Murray is suspended for bumping a ref. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1558900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4836,4814,4865],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Hawks Dejounte Murray Bumps Ref, Could Be Suspended for Game 5 - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Hawks are down 3-1 to the Celtics in the NBA playoffs, and Game 5 could be tougher if Dejounte Murray is suspended for bumping a ref.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WATCH: Hawks Dejounte Murray Bumps Ref, Could Be Suspended for Game 5\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hawks are down 3-1 to the Celtics in the NBA playoffs, and Game 5 could be tougher if Dejounte Murray is suspended for bumping a ref.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-24T03:46:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-24T03:46:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dejounte-Murray.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Crean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@twcrean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Crean\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/\",\"name\":\"WATCH: Hawks Dejounte Murray Bumps Ref, Could Be Suspended for Game 5 - Sports7\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dejounte-Murray.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-24T03:46:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-24T03:46:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/3c64130dc33c55e64c149d1269d9c32e\"},\"description\":\"The Hawks are down 3-1 to the Celtics in the NBA playoffs, and Game 5 could be tougher if Dejounte Murray is suspended for bumping a ref.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/hawks-dejounte-murray-bumps-ref-suspended-game-5\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dejounte-Murray.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dejounte-Murray.jpg\",\"width\":1250,\"height\":703,\"caption\":\"Dejounte Murray | Kevin C. 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