The Dallas Mavericks had a five-point lead over the Los Angeles Clippers early in the third quarter of Monday night’s Game 1 of their first-round series when things changed in a hurry… because of a very weak call by the officials.
Mavs star Kristaps Porzingis was called for a technical foul for a little bit of pushing and shoving that seemed liked normal playoff basketball stuff. The technical was his second one of the game and off he went, which was pretty lame.
The Clippers went on to win the game 118-110.
Did Porzingis really deserve a technical for jumping in a little bit to stand up for his teammate, Luca Doncic?
You be the judge:
I mean, come on. This is the playoffs. The refs need to be better than that.
Porzingis spoke about it after the game:
Doncic said the team appreciated Porzingis having his back:
LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, and Patrick Mahomes were among those rightly ripping the refs:
