It took Dillon Brooks less than five minutes to earn his first ejection as a member of the Rockets, and the regular season hasn’t even started yet.
During the first quarter of Tuesday night’s preseason clash against the Pacers, Brooks was issued a flagrant two foul and was subsequently ejected after appearing to hit Daniel Theis in the midsection while fighting through a screen.
Theis fell to the floor after Brooks’s swipe. When he got up, he was heated and could be seen shouting at Houston’s forward. The game’s commentators were absolutely giddy to see Brooks playing some physical defense.
After reviewing the incident, referees deemed the contact to be excessive, and sent Brooks for an early shower just four minutes and 33 seconds into the game.
Dillon Brooks was ejected from the Rockets' preseason game 😅 pic.twitter.com/qWt0RwQBzA
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 11, 2023
Living up to his reputation five minutes into his Rockets career, NBA fans on social media had plenty of jokes about Brooks following his early ejection on Tuesday.
Dillon Brooks just set a record for fastest ejection on a new team
— KENNY BEECHAM (@KOT4Q) October 11, 2023
We are so back. https://t.co/sOBd4Yqpgc
— Kazeem Famuyide 🇳🇬 🍎 (@Kazeem) October 11, 2023
Some things never change https://t.co/2zxCJzwsz1
— Bryson (@BrysonWright3) October 11, 2023
it’s ok we’ll try again tomorrow. https://t.co/rI0BA5wTvY
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 11, 2023
The Dillon Brooks experience is going to be a fun one. I can’t stop laughing at this man getting ejected 5 minutes into the preseason 💀💀
— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) October 11, 2023
I guess I appreciate that Dillon Brooks is Dillon Brooksing 100% of the time
— Mark Schindler (@MG_Schindler) October 11, 2023
That’s the only way to be Dillon Brooks https://t.co/Xl1ZfvW8v3
Dillon Brooks ejected 4 minutes into a pre-season exhibition game.
— WOJ ARTEST🇦🇺 (@NbaWoody) October 11, 2023
I Actually rate that 😂
Dudes hilarious & does not care!
I turned on the Rockets game to see the camera panned on the ref saying “Dillon Brooks has been ejected from the game.”
— Pranav Sriraman (@PranavSriraman) October 11, 2023
lmao dillon brooks got ejected in his first preseason game of the season and there’s 7 minutes left in the first quarter
— sean yoo (@SeanYoo) October 11, 2023
