The Regime Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Lakers coach Phil Jackson criticized the officiating during Sunday's loss to the Spurs. With less than a minute left in the first half, Ron Artest of Los Angeles and Manu Ginobili of San Antonio were whistled for a double-technical foul after getting tangled up. On the ensuing possession, Artest was called for a personal foul and Lakers star Kobe Bryant was assessed a technical for approaching an official during a dead ball. "Tonight they wouldn't let Ron play the way he played prior to [the technical foul call]," Jackson said. "[Ginobili] could hook Ron; [Artest] didn't get what was going on and ended up getting too many fouls on him." All the calls were made by 25-year NBA veteran referee Bennett Salvatore. San Antonio was leading 40-37 at the time of the double-technical call and finished the half on an 8-0 run. "The way we ended up the half I think turned the referees against us and when you do that, that's an unfortunate thing," Jackson said. "Ron didn't back off and didn't read that official well enough to know, you got to back off, you got to lighten the load, he's not going to take any more of that. Ginobili forced the issue and got the calls." http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/65762/20100405/jackson_referees_turned_against_us/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Same thing happened when we played them... weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I honestly didn't think officiating had anything to do with the outcome. We just played really poor down the stretch and the Spurs didn't its as simple as that. But Phil being Phil, he always has to go out and say something about the officiating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YugoRocketsFan Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 The referees have given you enough treatment, let it go the other way around for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Or you guys just were not the better team on Sunday.......always as possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobe24 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 I honestly didn't think officiating had anything to do with the outcome. We just played really poor down the stretch and the Spurs didn't its as simple as that. But Phil being Phil, he always has to go out and say something about the officiating. He really doesnt complain that often... But Manu does hook people when he drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 He really doesnt complain that often... But Manu does hook people when he drives. Well he has done it a few times this season, and it just annoys me sometimes. As for the Manu thing I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted April 5, 2010 Owner Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 The Kobe tech was really, really stupid. I think the league will probably review that and overturn it, but who knows. As far as the officiating goes, whatever. We still lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdog17k Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Couldn't agree more about the Manu hook. I notice he does it almost every time he drives, unless he is completely alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcstarheel Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Yeah that Kobe tech was stoopid. Yeah the half ended poorly for us but we also played like crap. That was more disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.