Video: Cavs F Channing Frye and Jazz Trey Lyles Ejected After Elbow/Headbutt Incident

If you missed it last night in the Cavs loss to the Jazz, Channing Frye was ejected to in the 4th quarter after he was elbowed in the private area, and then laid a headutt on Jazz rookie forward Trey Lyles, who was also shown the showers early.

It took the officials awhile to finally figure out what to do, and after about seven minutes Lyles was called for a flagrant foul 2, resulting in an automatic ejection.

Frye was called for a technical foul, his second of the game, and consequently ejected.

One person who liked the emotion of Frye was LeBron James, who spoke about the incident after the game to reporters in Salt Lake City.

“I loved it,” James said. “First of all, his first T, I didn’t think it was warranted. I told the ref that. I mean, this guy, he probably has a handful of T’s in his whole career, just voiced his opinion. Just said it was a goaltend, didn’t disrespect the ref at all, so that allowed him to get kicked out after that first T.

“But he’s a vet, he’s not going to let [that happen], and not against Trey, but anybody. It’s nothing personal against Trey; it’s the game and being able to stick up for himself. But I love that side.”

If you didn’t see the incident last night, here’s the full video of it: