Nets’ Kyrie Irving and Lakers’ Dennis Schroder ejected after heated exchange

Kyrie Irving had done almost everything there is to do in basketball after a decade in the NBA. Except get ejected.

That changed Saturday night, after he and Lakers guard Dennis Schroder were both hit with two technical fouls and tossed. It was the first of either player’s career, and played a huge role in the Nets’ 126-101 collapse against the defending champs. “It wasn’t ideal. We would like to see us, like we have many times this year, respond and win games. [It] just wasn’t our night in one respect,” head coach Steve Nash said. “In another, you lose without James [Harden] and without Ky, your two guys that are very difficult to keep in front. So it took us out of some of our big weapons.