Already qualified for the quarter-finals of the NBA Cup, the Rockets fell to the Kings (120-111) after a stormy end to the match. While Alperen Sengun absorbed the contacts of Domantas Sabonis in the last two minutes, without the referees calling a foul, Ime Udoka and its pivot have unpinned…
A look at how Ime Udoka was ejected, along with Alperin Sengun. This chippy game ends with a frustrated Rockets team falling to the Kings tonight as Mike Brown unloads his bench. pic.twitter.com/uFcmDTnylR
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The coach and his player were both sent off for insulting referee John Goble.
“These are obvious fouls which are not called even though they are right in front of him” Ime Udoka got annoyedstill not calmed down, after the match. “They whistle at very borderline moving screens and shit like that, but they don’t want to whistle at obvious stuff that’s happening right in front of their eyes. There are several fouls on Alpie on this drive, but also on the layup, and they don't whistle anything at all. I told him to buy glasses and open his eyes. Let him put away his sensitivity and his emotions and whistle the right way. It's right in front of him, and John Goble, or whoever it was, sees it and doesn't whistle at him, so I let him know. »
The NBA will undoubtedly release the fines, but it is the incident with Tari Eason which is the most problematic for the Rockets. Because the winger, also very angry, got heated with a fan when he returned to the locker room after the match. Annoyed by what a fan had shouted at him as he passed under the tunnel, the Houston player threw a towel at him in response, insulting him, before trying to get into the stands…
Arrested by security, he still ended up calming down and finally returning to the locker room.
