In the NBA, when a player or coach publicly criticizes officiating, he is automatically fined and Doc Rivers will therefore not have escaped it. And this even if the referees admitted their mistake…
After the defeat of Bucks in Charlotte, on free throws generously offered by the referees to LaMelo Ball, the coach of Milwaukee could not help but express his dissatisfaction at a press conference.
“ I found that the referees made a mistake on the last action. This is the second time in a row that an incorrect whistle was blown on the last action » he had launched. “ LaMelo Ball fell, he just fell. No one was near him, he slipped on his own. We would have recovered the ball and the match was over. This is the second time that we have been victims of an erroneous decision. We got lucky in Detroit because the kid missed both free throws. But tonight, LaMelo Ball succeeded. »
Result: Doc Rivers receives $25,000 fine for having given his opinion… finally consistent with what should have been whistled by the referees.
Afterwards, the refereeing representative, Curtis Blair, had effectively confirmed the officials' error, the Bucks' fault being in not having kept a “challenge” under their belt to change the outcome of this game.
