Clippers head coach fined $25K for criticizing refs
Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers was docked $25,000 by the NBA for his criticism of officials after a loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.
Rod Thorn, the NBA president of basketball operations, announced the fine on Wednesday.
Rivers was upset about several calls after the Clippers’ 111-107 loss at the Staples Center.
“I don’t complain much,” he said. “I thought we got some really tough calls tonight, some brutal calls. The travel on Blake (Griffin), the goaltend on Matt (Barnes), which wasn’t a goaltend.
“You think about the playoffs, and they’re single-possession games. Those possessions, those were crucial. J.J. (Redick)’s foul that got him out, J.J. didn’t touch anyone. It’s not why we lost, but those were big plays for us.”
Rivers added, “I don’t know. It’s just — listen, the refs are trying hard, too, but God darn. Even Chris (Paul)’s tech, I still don’t have the explanation for that, and I want to find that out because when they make a shot, you have to throw it to the ref to get the ball back, and he got a tech for it. I’m just not sure of some things.”
