Memphis coach David Fizdale, whose “take that” rant on the officiating in the Grizzlies’ Monday playoff loss at San Antonio went viral, was fined $30,000 by the NBA on Wednesday.
Fizdale excoriated officials after the Grizzlies’ 96-82 loss to the Spurs, which left them 0-2 down in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.
“It’s unfortunate that I’ve got a guy like (point guard) Mike Conley that in his whole career has got zero technical fouls and just cannot seem to get the proper respect from the officials that he deserves,” Fizdale fumed on Monday.
He complained about the discrepancy in fouls called against the Grizzlies and Spurs players.
“First half, we shot 19 shots in the paint, and we had six free throws. They shot 11 times in the paint, and they had 23 free throws,” he noted.
“I’m not a numbers guy, but that doesn’t seem to add up,” said Fizdale, who capped his rant by banging the table and adding “Take that for data!”
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