OKLAHOMA CITY -- Add the Phoenix Suns to the list of teams that have publicly complained about officiating after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
"In my 11 years, I haven't called a ref out by name, but James [Williams] was terrible tonight through and through," Suns star Devin Booker said after a 120-107 loss in Wednesday's Game 2 that gave the defending champion Thunder a 2-0 series lead. "It's bad for the sport, bad for the integrity of the sport. People are going to start viewing this as a WWE if they're not held responsible.
"It just feels disrespectful. I know I haven't won a championship in this league, but I have been in it for 11 years now. So to get to this point to be treated like that, for me to even be saying something out loud, it's bad."
Booker expressed displeasure with the officiating in general and was perturbed in particular with a technical foul called against him with 2:05 remaining in the third quarter.
Phoenix forward Dillon Brooks had a more common complaint, taking umbrage with whistles that benefited Oklahoma City's reigning MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.