Reason 3623: Why NBA Officials Suck

Doc Rivers is usually very mild mannered and almost never gets tossed from a game, that’s why I was surprised when he got chucked with 30 seconds left and his team still having a slim chance to win.  Tommy Heinsohn killed the official after he threw Doc out.  The officials where pretty bad all game (at one point the Bulls had a 22-6 FT advantage and finished 41-27.)

“I don’t usually go this route, but the technical I got thrown out (on) was the most unprofessional tech by a ref I’ve ever had,” Rivers said. “He stood there and he goaded me and he goaded me and stared at me. Look at the film. I actually walked away. He asked me, ‘Where do you want the ball?’ And I said, ‘Ask them,’ talking about our players. That’s my right to say that, and I walked away. He stood there and stared me down and stared me down and goaded me until I turned around and said, ‘What?’ That’s what I got thrown out of the game for in a (five)-point game. Think about that. Think about that play that Bill Kennedy made. That is the most unprofessional tech I’ve ever had.”