"I went to grab the ball," Vanderbilt said. "The rookie scored his first points, that's what happens in the league."
"He said it's not my ball to give away, which was like ... I've never heard that," Lakers guard Austin Reaves said."
"[Fraher] said he's going to write me up," Vanderbilt told ESPN."
"I don't know what the hell he's talking about. These refs, they just want to have their power or something, I don't know. I don't know what he was reaching for. That's been a thing since way before I was in the league. What, was he going to take the ball home or something?"
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 119-95, leading by as many as 31 points. Rookie Adou Thiero scored his first NBA points and dunked in the final minute. Jarred Vanderbilt held the game ball to present it to the rookie, but crew chief Pat Fraher took the ball and walked it to center court to give to a Bucks attendant, saying the ball belonged to the Bucks. Vanderbilt said Fraher threatened to write him up and criticized referees' motives. Giannis Antetokounmpo intervened, retrieved the ball from the attendant and handed it to Luka Doncic.
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