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stern assured us the league would have our back....but they turned on us....???
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Updated: April 4, 2010, 8:57 PM ET
Jackson: Referees turned against usEmail Print Comments 34Share8 retweet 12By Dave McMenamin
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LOS ANGELES -- With 59.0 seconds remaining in the second quarter of the Lakers' 100-81 loss to the Spurs on Sunday, Los Angeles forward Ron Artest and San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili were called for a double-technical foul after getting tangled up while the ball was waiting to be inbounded.
On the Spurs' ensuing possession, just a second of game clock later, Artest was called for a personal foul and Kobe Bryant was then whistled for a technical foul for approaching the official during the dead ball.
All of the calls were made by 25-year NBA veteran referee Bennett Salvatore and left Lakers coach Phil Jackson in a foul mood after the game.
"Tonight they wouldn't let Ron play the way he played prior to [the technical foul call]," Jackson said. "[Ginobili] could hook Ron; [Artest] didn't get what was going on and ended up getting too many fouls on him."
Artest finished the game with two personal fouls, plus the technical. San Antonio was leading 40-37 at the time of the double-technical call and finished the half on an 8-0 run in the final minute.
"The way we ended up the half I think turned the referees against us and when you do that, that's an unfortunate thing," Jackson said. "Ron didn't back off and didn't read that official well enough to know, you got to back off, you got to lighten the load, he's not going to take any more of that. Ginobili forced the issue and got the calls."
Bryant's technical was his 13th of the season. If he is whistled for three more technicals, for a total of 16, in the Lakers final five games, he will be suspended by the league for one game. The slate is wiped clean for the postseason, when amassing seven technical fouls results in a one-game ban.
"You never know with a referee," Jackson said. "You go over and talk to him, he may not have wanted anybody to talk to him at that point. It didn't look like Kobe berated him at all, but you guys probably had a better television view than I had at that end of the court."
Bryant's technical carries a $2,000 fine by the league for each "T" amassed more than 11 in a season.
"It didn't look like he was berating him or anything," Jackson said. "But, with Bennett you don't know what you're going to get."
Jackson also had criticism for Artest for how he responded to the situation.
"On both the replays that we looked at, Ginobili hooks him," Jackson said. "He does the up-and-under move with the hook. Obviously the referees just didn't want the contact at that time. I told Ron at halftime, 'You got to back off when it's time to back off.' You just can't keep being persistent about that because they sent you a warning signal, and that signal was, 'Back off.' We ended up giving them some momentum at the half and probably got the referees on the back end of our game."
Artest had little to say about the incident after the game.
"I don't even remember," Artest said. "It was just basketball. I can't remember what happened."
Dave McMenamin covers the Lakers for ESPNLosAngeles.co
in other words....
stern assured us the league would have our back....but they turned on us....???
I was wondering where the ing was. The Lakers did lose today.
Untrue. You always know you will get ty refereeing
Jackson has whined about the refs for years, he is taking a smart shot across the bow before the playoffs where the fines are cheaper.
DD
I get what he's trying to do, but the man has no shame.
why not if it wins you a ring?
Give me strength of character and resolve to be an honorable sport over being underhanded and pull all the stops out you can any day. Winning really isn't everything.
cry me a ing river, Phillip
I really didn't get the feeling he was calling out the refs. Just saying they are unpredicatable and didn't like how Artest responded...
i'm glad he called out the refs. every other team in the league gets prefernial treatment on their home court. but salvatore and tony brothers had to call bs calls on us and give the game away. pinochioo got the line more times than pau and kobe combined. kobe and pau were hacked and smacked and no call instead they called bs travels on kobe which the commentors even said were bull and what about the manu ginobili 8 second violation no call and the blair tapping it out of bounce on the jump ball and it remains spurs ball.
You butthurt over 1 game? Get over it
I wish it were that way. I really do. But our boys have had some less than reputable situations that completely changed a series
Oh, and by the way, the switch that the Lakers have been trying to flip...Manu Ginobili swiped it, rewired it MacGyver style, installed it in the AT&T Center, and flipped it.
Boo Hoo, then again Spurs fans should have no comment since of all fan bases, they complain about the refs even more than Suns fans.
Too many fouls on Artest? He had 2 plus the tech. Ginobili just worked him over
That's just PJ working the refs. Same as it ever was.
I really HATE this man. most overrated coach in all of sports history and a true .
Look at the superb, game/playoff influencing preferential treatment the Spurs received!
so weak
this x 10000000000000000000
my chick bad
PJ just setting it up for the 1st round. Nothing new. Refs wont let ginobli and duncan hook like they did yesterday. Simple as that.
+1 My dead grandmother could've coached the Jordan Bulls to a threepeat. He's a good coach, mind you, but he's also a lucky SOB.
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