Hornets forward James Posey was ejected from Friday night's loss to the Knicks after throwing the ball at referee Gary Zielinski in the fourth quarter.

Posey was called for a foul on an attempted rebound. He grabbed the ball and fired it at Zielinski, hitting him in the right foot.

Zielinski signaled a technical foul and threw Posey out of the game.

Posey called it "a bounce pass that hit his foot that came back to me."

"It goes on a lot at games, guys giving the ball back to the ref, and like I said, if I was to throw it at him, I think I've got better aim than that," Posey said. "It was a bounce pass to him. Unfortunately, he made the call and I guess he had his hands in the air, so that's why he wasn't ready."