Kyrie Irving had done almost everything there is to do in basketball after a decade in the NBA. Except get ejected.

That changed Saturday night, after he and Lakers guard Dennis Schroder were both hit with two technical fouls and tossed. It was the first of either player’s career, and played a huge role in the Nets’ 126-101 collapse against the defending champs.

“It wasn’t ideal. We would like to see us, like we have many times this year, respond and win games. [It] just wasn’t our night in one respect,” head coach Steve Nash said. “In another, you lose without James [Harden] and without Ky, your two guys that are very difficult to keep in front. So it took us out of some of our big weapons.

“We’re used to them knocking the first domino down, so to speak, and creating an advantage. So it was ultimately not only was it difficult without them, but it was also new in a lot of ways. I don’t want to make excuses, but at the same time, it’s a perfect storm. [It] wasn’t our night.”

Irving and Schroder were hit with technical fouls with the Nets trailing 66-62 with 9:41 left in the third quarter. The two guards started jawing at each other, and as Irving continued to argue with Schroder, both were shockingly hit with technical again and ejected.

Asked for his thoughts on the call, Kevin Durant demurred: “Nope. No thoughts on that. That’s on them. They control the game. Like I said, they control the game, and it’s on them to make those type of calls. It doesn’t matter really if we agree with it or not.”

On his way off the floor, Irving tossed his jersey to fans as he headed back to the Nets locker room.

Irving finished the game with 18 points and four rebounds in 21 minutes, shooting 6-of-11 from the floor.

The Nets didn’t handle his departure as well as the Lakers handled Schroder’s, immediately giving up a 22-9 spurt and falling behind 88-71. The extended run eventually reached 60-39 from that point on.

The Nets let the Lakers shoot 50 percent from the field and 12-of-18 from 3-point range. But they went cold themselves, managing just 33.3 percent and going 0-for-14 from behind the arc.

“We were in the game, but I’m not going to blame it on the ejection for why the momentum switched,” Durant said. “They got it going, so we should have got it going.”

DeAndre Jordan did not play for a fifth consecutive game despite the Nets’ need for size vs. Andre Drummond.

“We have four or five centers, so you can’t necessarily play everyone,” Nash said. “So I’d love to find a time to give him an opportunity again, but right now we’re trying to figure out where LaMarcus [Aldridge] and Blake [Griffin] are at and even get Nic [Claxton] more minutes, so something’s got to give, and I wish I could give everyone all the minutes they desire, but it’s just impossible.”