<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2006 ? Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officials, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations. Jackson was fined for comments he made that appeared in publications printed on Sunday, November 26. </div> http://www.nba.com/news/jackson_061129.html What did he say?
^ It was from the Utah game <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Lakers Coach Phil Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA Wednesday for criticizing referees a day after the Lakers lost a frenetic game last week in Utah. Jackson was angry about a traveling call on center Andrew Bynum and a non-call after Bynum was slapped on the wrist by Utah center Mehmet Okur in the Lakers' 114-108 loss last Friday. A day later, Jackson said the league "throws out some referee corps that you're dubious about to start with and, you know, the game ends up like that." The league disagreed, as it tends to do on such matters, and penalized him for "publicly criticizing the officials," according to a short statement the league. Jackson was not available for comment. The fine marked the second time Jackson was punished after a game in Utah. He was fined $50,000 in March 2004 for saying referee Bob Delaney was "prejudiced against Shaq [O'Neal]" after the former Lakers center was ejected for two hard fouls late in an 88-83 loss. </div> Link
i dont want to make up excuses, but watching the last couple games, it does really seem that the refs dont like the lakers too much
Did you see all the tacky fouls called against the lakers and bucks getting away with slaps. Its unbelievable. BUt hey that is why you win games decisively at the end of the night the Lakers beat themselves.
The Laker players let the calls effect them too, much. Last night Lamar got T'd up after turning the ballover under Milwaukee's basket, then fouled Redd out of frustration, then got T'd. This was a 4 point swing, and PJax had to take Odom out of the game because he was close to being tossed. The replay clearly showed Odom fouled Redd and Redd stripped him cleanly. This play really put the Lakers in a hole and switched momentum back to the Bucks. Like you guys said, the Lakers have to learn to play through lousy calls and just put games out of reach where these calls won't determine the outcome of a game.
