PHOENIX -- Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts stood at center court, dumbfounded. With 2:41 left in the third quarter of Phoenix's 97-86 Game 4 loss in the WNBA Finals on Friday night, he received two quick technical fouls for arguing a foul call, becoming the first coach in league history to be ejected in a Finals game.

"To me, it's just embarrassing," Tibbetts said. "I feel bad that I was tossed. I mean, I've been around this game a long time. I think it's one of the weakest double technicals ever. I didn't even know that I got the second one, to be completely honest. I just don't understand it.

"I feel bad for our team, our fans, my family. Like, it wasn't needed in my opinion."

Crew chief Roy Gulbeyan told a pool reporter afterward that Tibbetts earned his first technical after saying, "

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