Celtics middle Neemias Queta was ejected from Wednesday’s EuroBasket Group Play sport in opposition to Estonia after selecting up his second technical foul. However, Portugal nonetheless pulled off a 68-65 win, behind 17 factors from Rafael Lisboa.
Queta had simply accomplished a troublesome end across the basket when he seemingly taunted his Estonian opponents, yelling, ‘and-one.’
On the time of Queta’s ejection, Portugal and Estonia had been tied at 38 halfway via the third quarter. Queta had a team-high 15 factors (5-8 FG, 5-10 FT), 3 rebounds, 1 block, and 1 steal.
Portugal was 1-3 heading into Wednesday’s sport, having crushed the Czech Republic and subsequently dropping video games to Serbia, Turkey, and Latvia. Queta averaged 15 factors on 60% capturing within the first 4 video games of the match.
Each groups entered the afternoon with a 1-3 file in Group Play, so Portugal, the winner of Wednesday’s sport, superior to the knockout spherical for the primary time in historical past.
