Dario Saric preferred to laugh about it while Stephen Curry rolled his eyes, and Steve Kerr seethed from the scorer's table, his assistants standing, annoyed. The Warriors had difficulty digesting the whistle in favor of Nikola Jokic, on a banal movement challenge from Dario Saric, near the halfway line.
At the heart of a complicated shooting evening for him, the leader of the Nuggets was preparing to shoot, at the end of the third quarter, his 13th and 14th free throws of the match. The Serbian will get 18 in total, a career best, and will not miss a single one (record for the most shots converted without missing one during a Christmas game).
After the meetingrather than making a direct reference to the treatment of the pivot opposite, Steve Kerr, whose team obtained five more free throws (20/23) than the double MVP, displays his dissatisfaction with the way to referee throughout the league.
“ I have a problem with the way we legislate to eliminate defense from the game. We allow players to force their way to the foul line. If I were a fan, I wouldn't have wanted to watch the second half of this match. It was disgusting », Qualifies the coach, considering that it was “ to bait the referees “.
Stephen Curry calls for consistency
In other words, to “sell” the whistles well, as Nikola Jokic did rather well on the action mentioned earlier. The Warriors technician thinks as well as the players “ are really smart » to obtain favors from officials. “ Over the past ten years, they have become more and more intelligent. We have given the players the means to act and they are taking full advantage of it. »
“ It's a parade to the free throw line, and it's disgusting to watch “, he loses his temper before suddenly leaving the press room. In response, the Nuggets pivot assures ESPN that he wasn't actively thinking about adding more to get a whistle when he felt contact, but was just trying to stay aggressive.
“ I was missing shots, so I just tried to be aggressive differently, maybe playing a little more physical. It turned out to be that kind of evening », Formulates the pivot who found himself on the line 14 times after the break.
Stephen Curry shares his coach's observation: a player who “sells” well will have a greater chance of being rewarded. “ It's complicated because it's sometimes inconsistent, on each side. In a match like this evening, when you feel that there is the physical dimension on one side and junk on the other, that changes the complexity of the game. I'm not saying that we don't make mistakes , but consistency is essential to understanding how one can defend », Demands the Californian leader.
