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Dray was being petulant because he was ejected the game before and knew they weren’t going to eject him two games in a row. The only way to fix that is to eject him two games in a row. But he called their bluff and they wouldn’t do it. That’s ok tho. If he did get ejected it wouldn’t have looked like he got punked as hard as he actually did, which may, in a roundabout way, be better for the sport than making him sit. Now, I have no idea why CP3 was allowed to continue playing. That’s something for the league office to look at. As far as taunting goes? It’s strange, because for the very same reason you could say they aren’t T’ing up Draymond (to control stoppage, maintain game flow) they are causing the same issues by T’ing up an Ant who just made an impactful play. They also need to figure out an accurate amount of time for people that need to hang on the rim so they don’t fall on their faces, but also won’t damage the equipment. This one has been a real head scratcher to start the season. Lots of trigger happy calls when it seems like players are just waiting til it’s safe to let go.