Grant Williams is typically not a fan of NBA officials when he’s on the court for the Boston Celtics, and Tuesday night’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers was certainly no exception. Williams was clearly unhappy with how the game was being called, and at one point earned himself a technical foul for his constant complaints.
This time, he might actually have a point if things indeed played out as he recalled, however. After “that moment where I got hit in the face twice,” Williams demanded they call the foul in colorful language echoed by Sixers wing PJ Tucker, who demanded the refs “call the (expletive) pushoff” according to a recent article by The Athletic’s Jay King.
“Later in the game, after Joel (Embiid) throws me across the face on the out-of-bounds play, no review of a flagrant, no review of nothing,” complained Williams.
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“Then he proceeds to say, ‘How … do you call a foul on me in that position? That’s not a … foul.’ And no technical foul,” added the former Vol, who then asked if he “did … something different from the other guys that led to me getting a technical foul?”
The answer, unfortunately, given Williams likely has a point is that the volume of his prior complaints may be to blame. If he wants more consistent results, a more strategic approach using the podium to lodge the worst of his gripes as he did here may prove more effective.
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