Phil Jackson: Referees Turned Against Us

[kingsnation]

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.

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Oh, the irony. Gotta love Philip.

One of my favorite lines...

"You never know with a referee," Jackson said..

Unfortunately, it seems that whenever Phil does this - the league responds kindly the next game. I feel really bad for the Spurs if they play LA in the playoffs.

 

[BMiller52]

Yeah so now Phil Jax knows how it feels to get jobbed by Salvatore in a regular season meaningless game. Big deal! That dude has screwed us over plenty of times before. Phil needs to stop whining.

 

[Big Cuz 15]

yawn

 

[Dave McNulla]

pj had to cough up $35,000.00 for that comment. i'm not sure how it helps him, though. which ref is so weak of character that he says "that mean old phil, i'll show him by giving him some calls!". it just doesn't sound likely.