Coach J.B. Bickerstaff expressed his outrage after the Detroit Pistons faced numerous technical fouls during a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Notably, Cade Cunningham was ejected after receiving two technicals in quick succession for swearing at officials, while Dennis Schroder was penalized for excessive complaining. Bickerstaff believed the officials disrespected his team, pointing to questionable calls against them while the opposing team’s actions went unreviewed. Though crew chief Brian Forte justified the technicals, Coach Mark Daigneault noted that their officiating style was notably lenient coming into the game.
I'm disgusted by the way that game was officiated. The level of disrespect was above and beyond. They have a guy fall down and trip on his own teammate's foot, they review us for a hostile act.
Cunningham was given his first technical foul for disrespectfully addressing an official with profanity. After the free throw for the first technical was shot, Cade continued to use profanity toward the official and received his second technical foul and was ejected.
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