Los Angeles Clippers veteran Patrick Beverley was handed the very first ejection of his NBA career after tossing a basketball at Dallas Mavericks superfan Don Knobler on Sunday.

The 30-year-old point guard had quite the eventful night in the Clippers' 114-110 loss. He cost Dennis Smith Jr. a tooth by accidentally knocking one out of the player's mouth while fighting for a loose ball.

The inadvertent dentistry went unpunished but Beverley was eventually given his marching orders with 9:10 left in the fourth quarter of the contest for hitting Knobler with an accurate bounce pass following another loose-ball scuffle.

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Knobler and Beverley have given different accounts of what happened. The Mavs fan claimed that he called Beverley a "dirty player" during a back-and-forth, adding that the guard made reference to his mother.

The player, on the other hand, said Knobler used an expletive remark regarding his mother on two occasions, to which he replied, "your mother".

"I told the referee. I told the security," Beverley explained, per the Los Angeles Times's Andrew Greif. "I mean, I've never gotten ejected out of a game since I've been in the NBA. You know I play hard, (but) I play within the lines, of course.

"I've never heard 'f--- you mother.' Never. There's only so much you can stand for."

Doc Rivers was disappointed with the outcome. While he understood his player's frustrations, the Clippers head coach condemned the reaction.

"The (fan) said something about (Beverley's) mother. So, still, I told him at the end of the day it's not right, fans should have control, as well, and they shouldn't call you names, especially what I heard he called Pat and said something about his mom, but it's tough," he said after the loss.

"I told him this is the life we live and you've got to turn the other cheek even though I know it's hard. But we can't get technicals, we just have to walk away. And then the league has to take care of stuff like that."

What This Means

Knobler probably had the best experience he's ever had as a Mavericks fan.

It's not often a supporter gets a rival player tossed out of a game. And this particular case must be even more savory as Beverley had never gotten ejected before.

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