Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr criticized the Houston Rockets’ referee complaints after the Texans accused officials of their loss to the reigning champions in the first game of their semifinal series. of the Western Conference of the NBA.
Rockets star James Harden had flagged umpires for failing to whistle in his favor for a series of actions during Houston’s 104-100 loss to the Warriors in Oakland.
“La Barba”, a regular critic of the referees throughout the season, complained at a press conference that the officials had not given his team “a fair chance” to win the match.
Whistle the game like you are supposed to whistle it. Simply that. And then we will live with the results, “he added.
The team’s point guard Chris Paul was even sent off in the closing stages and sanctioned Monday with $ 35,000 by the league for “aggressive confrontation and reckless contact with a match official.”
Paul admitted that he had to do a better job of controlling his emotions.
I definitely must be better. I shouldn’t have been singled out with those techniques and put my team in that situation, “he explained.
Asked about all this on Monday, Steve Kerr was disappointed.
“It is disappointing because the focus should be on two teams playing extremely hard. We just watched the video. Don’t you think there were also 10 plays that we think should have been marked in our favor? ”He declared.
This is how it works. Any coach in the league will tell you the same thing. You watch the video and you say ‘this is missing, this is missing’ “, he added.
Game 2 of this Western semi-final series will be played again in Oakland on Tuesday.