Rick Carlisle doesn't want another fine, covers his mouth with tape when asked about officiating

Doc Rivers and Jim Boylen exchange words on the sidelines and get thrown out of the game right away with replays Clippers and Bulls commentary 3152019

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

The refs would call a foul on Yao Ming for practically just breathing on the court yet stay silent even when an opponent smacked him in the head and avoid his angry stare Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often argued that Yao was being singled out by the officials

Yao Ming could get called for a foul just for breathing on the court while refs would sometimes look the other way even when they saw an opponent smack him in the head right in front of them Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by the officials

Pablo Torre claims he will be doing an investigation into NBA Referees

Mike Conley cracks a small joke about Joe Mazzulla being crazy Mazulla makes eye contact with him and Conley's self-preservation instincts kick in as he adjusts his statement and clarifies that Joe Mazzulla is definitely totally not crazy repeating it several times for clarity