NBA big man Brook Lopez ejected after snatching an opponent’s headband and throwing it away

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Milwaukee Bucks big man Brook Lopez picked up his first career ejection on Tuesday night, one of the stranger ones you will ever see.

Midway through the fourth quarter, Lopez got tangled up with Gary Trent Jr. of the Toronto Raptors. During the tie-up, Lopez grabbed Trent’s headband off his head and tossed it away.

The move led to a scuffle between the two teams with lots of pushing and shoving.

Lopez was given a technical foul for pulling off the headband and a second for actions during the melee that ensued, leading to his ejection.

After the game, Lopez was asked about the ejection and why he grabbed Trent’s headband.

“It was just driving me so insane, I had to do something,” Lopez said, seemingly joking, according to CBS Sports. “It was talking to me. Make sure this never gets aired: You know how like serial killers say the dog in their apartment building was talking? The headband was talking to me.”

When asked for a serious answer, Lopez seemed to suggest that he did nothing wrong and didn’t know Trent’s name.

“I don’t know,” Lopez said. “I didn’t see anything happen. I should have gotten minus-two Ts, if that makes sense. Like to go forward, like get-out-of-jail-free cards. That’s how good I was. I was a good person out there. Look, I was a real good person. Apparently, Steve Trent — whatever the guy’s name is — he wanted to hold me. He wanted to hold me, that’s how good of a person I was.”

Despite the ejection and the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks went on to win the game 130-122.