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NEW YORK -- Doc Rivers had something to say and wanted to make sure he was close enough to be heard.Too close, according to NBA rules.Rivers was given a technical foul for crossing over midcourt, then another and ejected for his tirade that followed in the Los Angeles Clippers 127-122 loss in double overtime to the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night.The Clippers trailed by two late in the first OT and fouled Nets rookie Isaiah Whitehead in the backcourt after he received the inbounds pass. Rivers appeared to think Whitehead swung his elbows and should have been called for the foul, and walked nearly to the Nets bench to say something to referee Lauren Holtkamp.Rivers said they werent even arguing, and that Holtkamp had agreed with what Rivers said. But Mauer, who was standing on the Clippers side of the court, called what Rivers said was an awful tech.It was the damndest tech to give at that time, Rivers said. What the league is going to fall back on, `He crossed the halfcourt. Youll see tomorrow thats what theyre going to say and were all going to know that thats not the real reason.But Mauer said it was.Technically, the first technical was for crossing the midcourt. Thats automatic, Mauer told a pool reporter.Rivers -- a member of the leagues competition committee that recommended a rule approved this year to extend the coachs box -- then became enraged and began yelling at Mauer, who cited Rivers behavior and language in issuing the second technical and automatic ejection. Rivers had to be held back by players and assistants from getting closer to Mauer.I dont think that an official that has nothing to do with the play should be giving someone a tech. Thats my thing. Thats why I got upset, Rivers said. He didnt know what we were talking about. It wasnt even an argument.---Follow Brian Mahoney on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Briancmahoney Wholesale NCAA Jerseys . 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"Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. Afghanistan 229 for 7 (Rashid 60, Nabi 50, McBrine 2-29) beat Ireland 150 (Kevin OBrien 34, Rashid 4-21) by 79 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Seventeen-year-old Rashid Khan produced his career-best batting and bowling performance in ODIs to give Afghanistan a 2-1 lead against Ireland in Belfast. Rashid, who had played in the Under-19 World Cup as well as the World T20 this year, first belted 60 off 44 balls to rescue Afghanistan from 109 for 6 to 229, and then returned 4 for 21 in eight overs to dismiss Ireland for 150.Afghanistans victory, however, was marred by Ireland opener Ed Joyces controversial run-out. After driving the ball over extra cover in the sixth over, Joyce stopped running mid-pitch, assuming the ball had reached the boundary. Mohammad Nabi chased the ball down and flicked it back to Rashid, who then threw to the non-strikers end where Yamin Ahmadzai, the bowler, took the bails off with Joyce mid-pitch, having assumed the ball was dead.The on-field umpires - Alan Neill and C Shamshuddin - asked Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai to withdraw the appeal, but he refused to do so. There was no TV umpire for the game, and the wicket led to an exchange between Ireland captain William Porterfield - who was also batting at the time - and the Afghanistan players.Speaking after the match, Porterfield confirmed that Joyce had thought the ball crossed the rope. We ran past each other, he [Joyce] said he pretty much saw him [Nabi] pass the rope, flick it back, Porterfield said. The fielder comes back and says he didnt. I dont know what footage is out there of [this]. The umpires said they are going on his word, and this is as far as it goes for me.Four overs after Joyces dismissal for 12 off 21 balls, Porterfield was run out as well, for 16 off 27 balls. Rahmat Shah, who had earlier laid the foundation for Afghanistan with 48 off 70 balls, then removed Sean Terry and Stuart Poynter to reduce the hosts to 67 for 4 by the 18th over. Kevin OBrien and Paul Stirling threatened a recovery with thirty-something each, but Rashid, the legspinning allrounder, sliced throuugh the middle and lower order.dddddddddddd Wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad was involved in three of those dismissals. Ireland lost their last six wickets for only 20 runs.They had started well with seamer Peter Chase having Noor Ali Zadran, who had replaced Javed Ahmadi, nicking behind for 10. Shahzad, coming off three successive half-centuries, flickered only briefly on Sunday, holing out to deep square leg off Stirling for 22.When Samiullah Shenwari and Stanikzai exited in successive overs, Afghanistan had slipped to 84 for 4 in the 21st over. Irelands bowlers tightened the screws by delivering 53 boundary-less balls, a sequence broken by Nabi flat-batting a four off seamer Tim Murtagh. Najibullah Zadran had fallen in the dry spell, and Rahmat edged behind soon after it ended, leaving Afghanistan teetering on 109 for 6.Nabi and Rashid then came together to add 54 for the seventh wicket and revive their side. That was followed by an unbroken partnership of 66 between Rashid and Mirwais Ashraf at over eight to the over, lifting Afghanistan to 229 for 7 on a pitch that Porterfield later admitted was difficult to score on.Rashid, who was dropped on 17 and 34, got to his maiden international fifty, which included five fours and two sixes. Terry spilled the first chance of his, parrying the ball to the cover boundary, while Murtagh fluffed the second.Porterfield said the fielding lapses cost Ireland on a surface that assisted spin. Just under 200 on that pitch would have been about par, he said. I think that, putting those couple of chances down… youre probably looking at 175-180 [if those catches were taken], which I think is pretty chaseable regardless of the [pitch]. Weve done it [drop catches] a couple of times now in game where weve been just a wicket or two behind. Difficult to claw back from there.With the first ODI of the series being washed out, Afghanistan cannot lose this series now. The final ODI will be played on July 19, at the same venue. ' ' '