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2 days ago – via Code List

Did you speak to the league about that? Mark Cuban: I did. They investigated it and mentioned they couldn’t show it. That yr was the final yr, as a result of I raised such hell, when many of the refereeing assignments within the finals have been based mostly on seniority. Now there’s an try and make it based mostly on job efficiency. As soon as I went via the record, proper round that 2006 timeframe, of all of the just lately employed referees. I used to be curious the place we have been hiring these folks from. These weren’t refs that have been within the pressure-cooker video games, Indiana-Purdue, Duke-North Carolina video games. They have been from these small conferences. I’m like, Why are we hiring refs from these small conferences? Seems that the man who was answerable for officiating for these small conferences was the previous coach of the individual chargeable for hiring the referees. There was this connection between the 2 of them, and so he wasn’t hiring one of the best. We employed any individual from the Rucker League! I don’t even wish to go into all the small print. It was a joke.

3 days ago – via Twitter kylegoon

Kyle Goon: A new L2M says TJ Warren was the beneficiary of an incorrect non call in the final minute. Warren scored a go-ahead bucket after pushing off Davis. The Lakers, including Frank Vogel and LeBron, we’re going bananas over no call on that play. pic.twitter.com/2ynzbPZkSI

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A new L2M says TJ Warren was the beneficiary of an incorrect non call in the final minute. Warren scored a go-ahead bucket after pushing off Davis. The Lakers, including Frank Vogel and LeBron, we’re going bananas over no call on that play. pic.twitter.com/2ynzbPZkSI

— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) August 9, 2020

7 days ago – via Twitter JoshuaBRobbins

Josh Robbins: Evan Fournier, asked about Kyle Lowry’s Flagrant 1 foul on A.G: “They’ve been through a lot of games. They’re obviously champions. Fouls are a part of basketball. Was it nice? No. But, who cares? I mean, it was a foul. It was called a Flagrant 1. There’s just not much to say.”

1 week ago – via Twitter ByJayKing

Jay King: Jayson Tatum, after getting a tech: “I was talking to myself.”

1 week ago – via Twitter mr_jasonjones

Jason Jones: “At the end of the day we can’t allow a team to shoot 50 free throws. Whether it’s us actually fouling or if it’s refs, it is what is, but we can’t allow a team to shoot 50 free throws.” De’Aaron Fox

1 week ago – via Twitter TimBontemps

Tim Bontemps: Luke Walton on the Mavericks’ having a 50-12 advantage in free throw attempts in Dallas’ win over Sacramento: “I’ve never seen a 50 free throw game before.”

1 week ago – via Twitter SeanCunningham

Sean Cunningham: Luke Walton says he’s never seen a 50 free throw game before, as Dallas had a 50-12 advantage. 37 fouls from his Kings team.

1 week ago – via Twitter MarkG_Medina

Mark Medina: Patrick Beverley gets T’d up after he yells at the ref for complaining Devin Booker wasn’t called for a foul when they tangled up. Beverley: “He pushed me!” Doc Rivers chimes in, “How is that not a foul?!”

1 week ago – via Twitter Matt_Velazquez

Matt Velazquez: Refs tell Robin Lopez to sit on the bench instead of the floor. Looked like Robin said, “I’ve been sitting here for years!”

1 week ago – via Twitter eric_nehm

Eric Nehm: Robin Lopez told @ZoraStephenson that he has been sitting on the ground in Orlando for his back. Not sure why the officials have a problem with it now.

1 week ago – via Tim Bontemps @ ESPN

In a pool report issued after the game, referee David Guthrie said he had reassessed his decision during the game to give Miami Heat forward Kelly Olynyk a flagrant foul after he fouled Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry in the fourth quarter of Toronto’s 107-103 win on Monday afternoon.

1 week ago – via Tim Bontemps @ ESPN

“So on that play, at replay, Olynyk, we judged that he took an aggressive swipe and he made some contact into the facial area of Kyle Lowry,” Guthrie said in the pool report. “At replay, in my judgement, I felt like that did meet the criteria for a flagrant foul. After reviewing that more postgame, and thinking about it a little bit more, to me, it now is more of a natural basketball play going for the ball and that the contact really did not rise to the criteria of a flagrant foul. In both of these instances and cases, though, as always, I know that the league office will review them as they always do all flagrant fouls and they’ll make their determinations at the end of the day on what they think they ended up, in their judgement, that it was. But we had our judgments in the live game.”

1 week ago – via Twitter MarcJSpears

Marc J. Spears: NBA referee Marc Davis comments to a pool reporter after today’s game between the Celtics and Trail Blazers: pic.twitter.com/xyqkFRESjF

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NBA referee Marc Davis comments to a pool reporter after today's game between the Celtics and Trail Blazers: pic.twitter.com/xyqkFRESjF

— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) August 2, 2020

2 weeks ago – via Twitter ShamsCharania

Marcus Smart fined

Shams Charania: First fine of the NBA restart: Boston’s Marcus Smart has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for comments about officiating Friday night, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium

2 weeks ago – via Twitter MarcJSpears

Marcus Smart complains about officiating

Marc J. Spears: Celtics guard Marcus Smart on overturned charge on Giannis, “Quite frankly, I think we all know what that was about. It was Giannis’s 6th foul didn’t want to get him out. Let’s just call that spade a spade.”

2 weeks ago – via Twitter Matt_Velazquez

Matt Velazquez: Informed of Marcus Smart’s postgame comments about Giannis staying in the game because the refs didn’t want him to foul out, Giannis said that’s his opinion and then went on to praise Smart and speak at length about how much he respects him and his game.

2 weeks ago – via Twitter FCHWPO

Jaylen Brown: This photoshop nba please don’t fine me

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This photoshop nba please don’t fine me https://t.co/kZPd0ORnvX

— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) August 1, 2020

2 weeks ago – via Twitter ByJayKing

Jay King: Refs told Stevens they could not call a personal foul on Giannis when they reviewed for a hostile act. “So we moved on,” Stevens said.

3 months ago – via Twitter MrMichaelLee

Michael Lee: I spoke to referee Danny Crawford a few years about if MJ pushed off in ‘98 & he said you can’t blow a whistle on “what you thought you saw” in real time. “It wasn’t an egregious play where you thought, ‘Oh, no. You can’t do that.’ It was a tough play that could go either way.”

3 months ago – via Twitter MrMichaelLee

Michael Lee: I spoke to referee Danny Crawford a few years about if MJ pushed off in ‘98 & he said you can’t blow a whistle on “what you thought you saw” in real time. “It wasn’t an egregious play where you thought, ‘Oh, no. You can’t do that.’ It was a tough play that could go either way.”

5 months ago – via Twitter JaredWeissNBA

Jared Weiss: TJ Warren doesn’t get the and-1 after Smart clearly goes straight up on the verticality play and he nearly bit the ref’s head off. Earns a quick tech.

5 months ago – via Twitter tribjazz

Eric Walden: Rudy Gobert: “(OG Anunoby) tried to elbow me in the face. And the guy who’s getting paid to protect the players didn’t do his job. We both got ejected when I didn’t do anything back, which I don’t understand. Next time I’ll do justice myself so (they) can eject me for a reason.”

5 months ago – via Twitter tribjazz

Eric Walden: Rudy Gobert: “(OG Anunoby) tried to elbow me in the face. And the guy who’s getting paid to protect the players didn’t do his job. We both got ejected when I didn’t do anything back, which I don’t understand. Next time I’ll do justice myself so (they) can eject me for a reason.”

5 months ago – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

After his complaints to the referees didn’t receive the desired response, Doncic wanted to be sure that the reason for his displeasure was on the record. “They hit me in the face, and that should be a foul,” Doncic said. “They should look at it. I think the rule is when you get hit in the face, they’ve got to look if it’s flagrant or no, right? Like I said, I was hit in the face three times. Two of them was not a foul.”

5 months ago – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

After Oladipo hit two free throws to push the Pacers’ lead to three points with 13 seconds remaining, Doncic confronted referee Tyler Ford during the timeout. “He can’t f—ing hit me in the mouth!” Doncic shouted at Ford. “They didn’t care,” Doncic said after the game. “It was clear. Everybody saw on the Jumbotron.”

5 months ago – via Twitter kylegoon

Kyle Goon: Up to three techs in the game, as Danny Green gets hit this time.

5 months ago – via Twitter townbrad

Brad Townsend: Actually, Cuban’s total fines — at least the ones that have been announced — add up to closer to $3 million: $2.9M to be exact. When he was fined $600,000 in 2018, that pushed his totals to 20 fines for $2.4 million. Again, those are just the ones that have been announced.

5 months ago – via Twitter ByTimReynolds

Mark Cuban gets a $500,000 fine

Tim Reynolds: The NBA announced today that Commissioner Adam Silver has denied the Dallas Mavericks’ protest of their February 22 game against the Atlanta Hawks and fined Mavericks Governor Mark Cuban $500,000 for his public criticism and detrimental conduct regarding NBA officiating.

5 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: NBA statement: A team owner’s effort to influence refereeing decisions during and after a game creates perception of an unfair competitive advantage and thereby undermines the integrity of the game. Demeaning league employees also creates an intimidating workplace environment.

5 months ago – via Twitter BobbyMarks42

Bobby Marks: 3 page statement from the NBA

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3 page statement from the NBA pic.twitter.com/HMr3ZYknQa

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) March 6, 2020

5 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: NBA is fining Boston’s Marcus Smart $35K for interaction with refs in loss to Nets, per source.

5 months ago – via Twitter RedsArmy_John

John Karalis: Marcus Smart fine is official pic.twitter.com/l9D2UvLkpB

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Marcus Smart fine is official pic.twitter.com/l9D2UvLkpB

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 (@RedsArmy_John) March 5, 2020

5 months ago – via HoopsHype

I know you have a lot of thoughts about how the NBA hires and trains its refs. If you were put in charge of revamping the process of hiring and training refs, what are some things that you’d change? Mark Cuban: This is very, very simple: I’d bring in people who are professionals at hiring and training. That’s it. We have none. Just because you’re great at selling, that doesn’t make you a great sales manager. Just because you’re a great reporter, that doesn’t make you a great publisher or editor. You can pick any industry; if you’re great at doing the primary job in that industry, it doesn’t mean you’re going to be great at managing people within that industry. We never learned that lesson in the NBA and that has cost me a lot of money. But it’s an easy change and one of the first things to change.

5 months ago – via Twitter SteveBHoop

Steve Bulpett: Marcus Smart talked to the league about accosting officials post-game, but hasn’t heard anything back. He’s getting dressed to play, so it seems there will be no immediate suspension. “I haven’t heard anything different,” he said. Not talking about incident: “That’s yesterday.”

5 months ago – via Twitter SeanCunningham

Sean Cunningham: Luke Walton said his message with last night’s ejection was to tell his players to let him worry about the officials. The Kings coach did not remember shoving Harrison Barnes, however.

5 months ago – via Twitter SeanCunningham

Sean Cunningham: Technical issued to Harry Giles.

5 months ago – via Twitter DwainPrice

Dwain Price: Tech on Ryan Saunders.

5 months ago – via Twitter brittrobson

Britt Robson: Ryan itching for that T. Doesn’t think Naz getting any whistles.

5 months ago – via Twitter townbrad

Brad Townsend: I’m told the full Mavs protest-evidence report probably won’t be filed until Monday, which is to be expected because the deadline is midnight Monday. Unclear whether Hawks have filed their report. Then, I’m told, commissioner Adam Silver will have up to a week to render decision.

5 months ago – via Twitter townbrad

Brad Townsend: I’m told the full Mavs protest-evidence report probably won’t be filed until Monday, which is to be expected because the deadline is midnight Monday. Unclear whether Hawks have filed their report. Then, I’m told, commissioner Adam Silver will have up to a week to render decision.

6 months ago – via Twitter townbrad

Brad Townsend: Mavs protest update: Mavs and Hawks have until midnight Monday to submit their evidence to the league. As of yet, that has not happened, per source. After those submissions, clock starts ticking on Adam Silver’s decision. This will take a while, folks.

6 months ago – via Twitter SiriusXMNBA

SiriusXM NBA Radio: “We have a really good chance of winning this protest.” @mcuban joins @EvCoRadio and @Mitch_Lawrence to discuss why his latest frustrations with the officiating in the NBA spilled onto Twitter. #MFFL

6 months ago – via CBS Dallas @ CBS

The Mavericks then went on to file a petition against the ending of the game on Sunday, citing a “misapplication of the rules”. The team is suggesting that the final 9.7 seconds to be replayed with the Hawks up 109-111 in the protest.

6 months ago – via CBS Dallas @ CBS

Cuban doubled down on his disapproval of NBA officiating and of the decision yesterday on SiriusXM NBA radio. He also said that he thought there was a “good chance” the team would win the protest and the final seconds of the game would be replayed. “Everybody presumes that there’s no chance you ever win a protest, but I think we have a really good chance,” Cuban said.

6 months ago – via CBS Dallas @ CBS

“I think we tell them that if it didn’t impact the playoff standings, we don’t care if we replay it or not, because there’d be no point to it,” Cuban added. “But if it comes out the way we hope it will, they’ll start the game from the 9.5 seconds left to go with a center-court jump ball and Mavs down by two.”

6 months ago – via Twitter ShamsCharania

Shams Charania: NBA G League suspended Wisconsin Herd coach Chase Buford for two games “for a direct and extended public attack on the integrity and credibility of the game officials.”

6 months ago – via Scott Gleeson @ USA Today Sports

NBA G-League coach Chase Buford used a postgame interview as an opportunity to vehemently criticize the poor officiating he felt his team, the Wisconsin Herd, received in a 126-117 loss to the Grand Rapids Drive on Sunday. Buford was especially displeased with referee Matt Rafferty. “The officiating definitely went right for Grand Rapids,” Buford began, speaking to WFRV-TV in Green Bay. “That was as unprofessional as an officiating performance — I hope you tweet this out and tag the league, because that was embarrassing. Matt Rafferty is a (expletive) clown.”

6 months ago – via Scott Gleeson @ USA Today Sports

“That being said, we have to be so much better at the end of games,” Bufford said. “We can’t blow a 21-point lead with 12 minutes to go. However bad and biased and unfair and illegal and cheating the referees are, we have to be better closing games. So that’s the way I feel.” Buford played college basketball at Kansas as a reserve and is the son of five-time NBA champion general manager R.C. Buford. Buford was hired by the Milwaukee Bucks, which oversee the Herd, in July as the team’s second-ever head coach. Prior to that he was an assistant for the G-League’s Delaware Blue Coats and Erie BayHawks.

6 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski, Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

The NBA plans to await commissioner Adam Silver’s ruling on a Dallas Mavericks game protest before leveling possible discipline on owner Mark Cuban for his behavior during and after the Mavericks’ loss to Atlanta on Saturday night.

6 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski, Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

Cuban contends that the game should be replayed from the point of the incorrect goaltending call, according to sources. In that case, the game would resume with a jump ball with 9.7 seconds remaining and the Hawks leading by two points.

6 months ago – via Twitter Tom_NBA

Tom Westerholm: Brad Stevens just picked up a technical.

6 months ago – via Twitter DrewShiller

Drew Shiller: Brad Stevens tells the ref who T’d him up: “You couldn’t even hear me.” 😂

6 months ago – via Twitter SDinwiddie_25

Spencer Dinwiddie: You can’t call that tech man. Could’ve been a 4pt play

6 months ago – via Twitter townbrad

Brad Townsend: FWIW, filing a protest to the NBA costs $10,000. The fee is refunded if the protesting team, in this case the Mavericks, is successful in making its case. Couch change for Mark Cuban.

6 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Marc Stein: The Dallas Mavericks, citing a “misapplication of the rules,” have filed an official protest of Saturday’s road loss to the Atlanta Hawks to the league office, @NYTSports has learned

6 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Marc Stein: Dallas will be making the case that the end of the game should be replayed, with Atlanta ahead by two points and a jump ball with 9.7 seconds remaining

6 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Marc Stein: Sources say Dallas will also ask the NBA to review the first possession of the game in its belief that a play that resulted in a separated shoulder for Mavericks guard Jalen Brunson should have been reviewed

6 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Marc Stein: This is the second protest of an NBA game this season following Houston’s unsuccessful protest in December of a fourth-quarter scoring error the league acknowledged in an eventual double-overtime loss to San Antonio

6 months ago – via mavs.com

The beauty of the NBA is that it waits for nothing and no one. The Mavericks felt like they got robbed against the Hawks, but as usual with tough losses, a lot of things contributed to it, not just the tough whistle that went against the Mavs in the final seconds. They can’t afford to dwell on it. They have a home game Monday against the Minnesota Timberwolves and need to take care of their court, which hasn’t been easy this season, before they depart on a four-game trip.

6 months ago – via mavs.com

Even Cuban, who lashed out at the NBA’s referee system and its management teams past and present after the 111-107 loss in Atlanta, knows that taking care of business now has to be front and center for his team. He said that even before the Atlanta game. “We got to win to hold our spot and hopefully move up,” Cuban said, referring to the tight Western Conference standings. “It’s not going to get any easier. The Western Conference is still the Western Conference.”

6 months ago – via ESPN

Cuban’s rant began with a tweet after Atlanta’s John Collins converted on a follow shot, which was credited after a goaltending call was overturned. The basket sealed the game for the Hawks with 8.4 seconds remaining. “So they call a goaltend,” Cuban’s tweet began. “They literally blew the whistle that it was a goaltend. There was a putback after the whistle. After review they said no goaltend but count the basket? WTF is that? That’s NBA officiating.” In a follow-up tweet, Cuban said, “1 of the refs told us it was an inadvertent whistle, so it was not goaltending. Doesn’t matter that people stopped. They thought the whistle came after the putback. So the basket counted. So what where they reviewing if it wasn’t a goaltend?”

6 months ago – via ESPN

“Refs have bad games,” he tweeted. “Crews have bad games. But this isn’t a single game issue. This is the same s— that has been going on for 20 years. Hire former refs who think they know how to hire, train and manage. Realize 2 years later they can’t. Repeat.”

6 months ago – via Twitter ChrisFedor

Chris Fedor: #Cavs Kevin Porter Jr. was just tossed after back-to-back technicals for arguing with the refs following his fifth foul.

6 months ago – via Andrew Greif @ Los Angeles Times

The NBA fined Clippers forward Paul George $35,000 on Thursday for publicly criticizing officials after a loss in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Following the 110-103 defeat, George said he believed the Clippers played well but that “there was some home-court cooking tonight, to say the least.” Asked whether he was referring to calls by officials that the Clippers either did not receive or were not called at all, George responded about the differential in foul calls: “I mean, it was 19 to 11. You all figure out what those numbers are. It was 19 to 11.”

6 months ago – via Twitter AdamHimmelsbach

No fine for Marcus Smart

Adam Himmelsbach: Was told that Marcus Smart has avoided a fine for voicing his frustrations about foul calls after the Celtics’ loss to the Rockets.

6 months ago – via Twitter AndrewGreif

Andrew Greif: Paul George has been fined $35,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officiating after Tuesday’s loss in Philadelphia, the league announced.

6 months ago – via Twitter SeanCunningham

Sean Cunningham: Kings coach Luke Walton after picking up a technical in the 3rd quarter, calls over to Luka Doncic and says: “Hey Luka, do me a favor, give him your autograph after the game. (points at official) – He’s a fan, he’s a fan of yours.” 😂😂

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Kings coach Luke Walton after picking up a technical in the 3rd quarter, calls over to Luka Doncic and says:

"Hey Luka, do me a favor, give him your autograph after the game. (points at official) – He's a fan, he's a fan of yours." 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/HU1SQ5oQe7

— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) February 13, 2020

6 months ago – via Jason Jones @ The Athletic

In a game the Mavericks controlled most of the night, Walton versus Dončić was the most compelling part of a second half dominated by the Mavs. “(Walton) said something I didn’t like about me. That was just it,” Dončić told Fox Sports Southwest in his on-court postgame interview.

6 months ago – via Jason Jones @ The Athletic

“I don’t know,” Walton said. “I have all the respect in the world for him. He got what he wanted tonight, wherever he wanted. I wasn’t saying anything to him. I don’t know if he thought I said something to him, but he had a great game, he’s a great player and he led his team to victory, so give him credit.”

6 months ago – via John Karalis @ Booth Newspapers

Marcus Smart stood in front of his locker in the Toyota Center’s visiting locker room, half undressed, ranting about the officiating. There’s a good chance he’s not the first opposing player to stand in that spot doing that exact same thing. He will almost certainly not be the last. This is what the Rockets, especially James Harden, do. They draw a lot of fouls, they take and lot of free throws, and by the end of it, someone on the other team is a muttering mess.

6 months ago – via John Karalis @ Booth Newspapers

“I think Russ and James shot 31 between the two and our team only shot 25,” Smart said after he had calmed down some. “That’s a big discrepancy.”

6 months ago – via John Karalis @ Booth Newspapers

Smart, though, might lose some money, because he was less forgiving. “The way the game is being called, we didn’t know how physical we could be, because when we were physical we were being called, so it kind of made us hesitant and put us on our heels,” he said. “Anytime you fearful of fouling, that’s kind of what happened.”

6 months ago – via John Karalis @ Booth Newspapers

Some of Smart’s frustration stems from not feeling he’s getting a benefit of the doubt. As he’s done in the past, Smart feels like he doesn’t have the respect of the officials. “Thought I did. First team all defense, one of the best defensive players in the league, I would think so. Up for defensive player of the year, they’re talking, but obviously not,” he said. “Continue to keep working. I mean, we have Jayson Tatum, we have Kemba Walker, all-stars, we have Jaylen Brown, potential all-star, we have Gordon Hayward, was an all-star. We got star guys, too. If that’s the case we should be getting the same calls that those stars are getting.”

6 months ago – via Twitter ErikHorneOK

Erik Horne: Marcus Smart, who hasn’t played in 10 minutes because of foul trouble, felt compelled to come over after the halftime buzzer and argue with officials. Celtics coaches had to step in between him and officials while everyone was walking off the floor. Technical foul on Smart.

6 months ago – via Yahoo! Sports

NBA will not fine Damian Lillard

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard will not be fined by the league for his postgame remarks and tweets directed at officials following a missed goaltend that resulted in a loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Lillard was interviewed by the league on Saturday, sources said.

6 months ago – via Yahoo! Sports

Sources said the explanation officials provided to a few members of the Trail Blazers on the court at the time of the controversy was that it “wasn’t even close” to a goaltend, which further infuriated the team. “We get to the last play of the game, and they miss an easy call,” Lillard said during his postgame address after the 117-114 loss. “And then they tell us that’s an easy no-call, like that was obviously not a goaltend. It cost us a f—ing game, man.”

6 months ago – via Twitter TimBontemps

Tim Bontemps: In a stunning turn of events, the NBA has determined that Rudy Gobert did, in fact, goaltend what would have been a game-tying layup by Damian Lillard late in last night’s game between the Jazz and Blazers.

6 months ago – via Twitter tribjazz

Damian Lillard: We don’t wana hear this punk Ass shit.

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NBA refs acknowledge they missed the goaltending Rudy committed on Lillard’s shot pic.twitter.com/q2pFluOune

— Eric Walden (@tribjazz) February 8, 2020

6 months ago – via Twitter mcuban

Mark Cuban: This is not an aberration. In our Jan 25th game the NBA admitted there were 3 missed goaltends IN A SINGLE QUARTER ! They blamed the misses on mechanics. ‘That’s something the NBA should look at’: Donovan Mitchell and Jazz agree league officials’ failures deseret.com/sports/2020/2/…

6 months ago – via Twitter andyblarsen

Andy Larsen: C.J. McCollum on the foul: “It cost us a game. We’re competing for a playoff spot. The explanation I got pissed me off… makes me think you’re not capable of doing the job the way you’re supposed to. Which means you should be reprimanded and you should be fined accordingly.”

6 months ago – via Twitter CJMcCollum

CJ McCollum: Mood 👀

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Mood 👀 pic.twitter.com/iQ6yJa942g

— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 8, 2020

6 months ago – via Twitter andyblarsen

Andy Larsen: Carmelo Anthony on the call: “I guess we’re just supposed to take this L and go back to Portland… I would rather lose fair and square. I would have rather the Jazz beat us fair and square.” pic.twitter.com/gat3u6M1bA

6 months ago – via Sarah Todd @ deseret.com

It wasn’t just the Blazers that knew the officials were wrong. One by one, Jazz players said that they saw the replay and saw clear goaltending, including the offender. “Obviously after watching the replay you can see that it was goaltending,” Gobert said.

6 months ago – via Twitter CHold

Casey Holdahl: The other thing that really seems to be sticking in the collective craw of the team was the explanation from the officials. According to multiple players, officials said it “wasnt even close” to a goaltend.

6 months ago – via Twitter ChrisBHaynes

Chris Haynes: As @CHold reports, sources say Portland players were told by officials that Damian Lillard’s layup attempt “wasn’t even close” to a goal tend. One of the most horrific no-calls you’ll ever see.

6 months ago – via Twitter CHold

Casey Holdahl: Dame yelling at Rick “LET ME GO! LET ME GO!”

6 months ago – via Twitter CHold

Casey Holdahl: I’ve known @Dame_Lillard since his predraft workout in Portland. I have never, EVER, seen him as mad as he was in the postgame locker room. Pure, uncut anger.

6 months ago – via Twitter CHold

Casey Holdahl: “Just a shame that (the game) was decided on an inexcusable missed call.” — Terry Stott

6 months ago – via Twitter JamieHudsonNBCS

Jamie Hudson: Talked w/ tonight’s referees. Here’s the question I asked: Was Lillard’s shot reviewable for a goaltend, and if so, why was it not reviewed? “No, it was not reviewable, since no goaltending call was made on the floor. Goaltending is only reviewable if we actually call it.”

6 months ago – via Twitter bosnianbeast27

Jusuf Nurkic: That’s all folks

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That’s all folks pic.twitter.com/R0pGTUPwt3

— Jusuf Nurkić (@bosnianbeast27) February 8, 2020

6 months ago – via Twitter luka7doncic

Luka Doncic: how you miss that call?

6 months ago – via Twitter eneskanter

Enes Kanter: 🤦🏻‍♂️ ROBBED ⌚️

6 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: NBA fines Orlando coach Steve Clifford $25K for “abusing” officials in Thursday loss to Knicks — after L2M report concluded that officials failed to see/hear him asking for timeout with 4.4 seconds left and missed a foul call on Knicks with four seconds left.

6 months ago – via Twitter briancmahoney

Brian Mahoney: Steve Clifford was trying desperately to get a timeout on the last possession and nobody on the court saw him. He’s screaming at refs after the game and being held back. Knicks win 105-103.

6 months ago – via Twitter ginamizell

Gina Mizell: In multiple postgame interview answers, Deandre Ayton repeated that he was not happy with tonight’s officiating in a 128-109 loss at Milwaukee. “I just don’t like how these refs called the game tonight…I’m putting it on them.” #Suns

6 months ago – via Twitter ginamizell

Gina Mizell: For some context, Ayton defended Giannis quite a bit in a #Suns win over Milwaukee last March — and quite good. “I love that battle…if you have the MVP, and you know a guy can compete. It was 1-on-1 last year…the fouls really changed up our defense.”

7 months ago – via Twitter OlehKosel

Oleh Kosel: Mike Malone has been tossed out! Wow. His assistants had to physically restrain him before exiting the arena. He wasn’t happy with the late foul call on Brandon Ingram — although it seemed to be the right call albeit late.

7 months ago – via Twitter MeyersLeonard

Meyers Leonard: Dame doesn’t get enough respect man.. They miss so many foul calls when he goes to the rim.

7 months ago – via Twitter AndreDrummond

Andre Drummond: If the roles were reversed I’d be ejected and probably suspended…… sad I’m good though, thanks to everyone who was concerned 🦋