The Pool Report interview was conducted by Kellan Olson (Arizona Sports) with Crew Chief Karl Lane following tonight’s Pistons at Suns Game.     

QUESTION:  Why was Devin Booker assessed his first technical foul?

LANE: For continual complaining, and after he’d been warned he continued to complain again towards a game official.

QUESTION: Was it more just about the continuance of it? Or was there language involved as well that warranted it was more?

LANE: It was more about the continuance after he had been warned to stop and he continued to complain.

QUESTION: After the [second] technical foul he gets ejected, was that the continuance again for the second?

LANE:  No, the second technical foul was for disparaging remarks he made towards a game official, and then he was ejected for the second one.

QUESTION: Was it the escalation that warranted the ejection early in the game?

LANE: The comment that he made met our standards and warranted the technical foul, the second technical foul which led to the ejection.

QUESTION:  Did the pregame events with Drew Eubanks and Isiah Stewart, Eubanks getting punched by Stewart, did that inkling a potential for more on court tension. Did that lead to any way you guys were officiating tonight or ejecting Devin or keeping it tight early?

LANE: No, all the decisions made were based on what was going on and the merits of the game.