Play was halted with 8:08 left and the Wizards leading 102-98 when Nene and Rockets center Dwight Howard engaged in a brief skirmish. Each player was assessed a technical foul and since Howard had already been issued a technical foul in the second quarter he was ejected. But Nene, to his and the Wizards’ surprise, was also ejected moments later when he was assessed a second technical foul after the referees reviewed the episode. “I don’t know about that,” said Nene, who posted 10 points in 19 minutes off the bench after starting the previous four games. “I don’t understand it. Nobody figured out what happened, even then.”
