Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who has paid more than $1 million in NBA fines in large part due to criticizing officiating, couldn't keep biting his tongue. The Mavericks' 95-86 home loss to the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder -- which featured Dallas coach Rick Carlisle's ejection after being called for two separate technical fouls early in the fourth quarter, the second of which was whistled after he inadvertently kicked the ball into the American Airlines Center crowd -- caused Cuban to complain about what he considers an epidemic of poor officiating in this lockout-condensed season. "Look, I haven't said a whole lot about the officiating in a long, long time, but I haven't seen it this bad in a long, long time," Cuban told ESPNDallas.com in the Mavericks' weight room after the loss. "Guys miss calls; that's part of the game. You're not always going to have a great crew. Officials have got to learn that's part of the game. "But these were officials that have been part of the league for years, and it was just off-the-charts bad. And, if no one ever says anything, nothing ever happens." Read more: http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...blasts-officiating-loss-oklahoma-city-thunder
