"OK? That same referee, at halftime, I get my technical foul. I don't say anything to him. I go to grab Cade [Cunnigham] to get Cade off the floor. He gives me a technical foul. That's my job to get my player away from the referee, get us back to halftime so we can have the conversations that we need to have."
"So the same referee who comes into the game who's not objective, and then he goes out and makes those calls. [That] same referee, if you take a look at the play where he ejects A.T, he steps towards A.T., right? That's where the minimal contact happens, where he steps towards him and initiates it."
"for aggressively approaching and making contact with an official."
Detroit Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff criticized crew chief John Goble after a 116-114 overtime loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Bickerstaff said the referee entered the game not being objective and pointed to a sequence of calls that included a technical foul and the ejection of Pistons forward Ausar Thompson. Bickerstaff received a technical at halftime after intervening to move Cade Cunningham away from a referee. Goble told a pool reporter that Thompson was ejected for aggressively approaching and making contact with an official and cited continuous complaining for Bickerstaff's technical. The incidents increased scrutiny of officiating in the game.
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