Coach Gentry criticized referees after loss to Rockets: We want an equal opportunity to win the game
Gentry was furious for a foul called on James Harden while he was shooting a corner three with 5:39 left in the fourth quarter. Harden did not agree: Good call
Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry criticized the officiating after the loss to the Rockets.
Gentry was furious for a foul called on James Harden while he was shooting a corner three with 5:39 left in the fourth quarter.
Per ESPN, "All we want is an equal opportunity to win the game. Not have a situation where we are guessing on the biggest play of the game, where they call a 3-point foul from the corner. All of you take a look at the play, and if you think that's a foul, if anybody out here thinks it's a foul, then you tell me, and I'll shut up, and I won't say one more thing. You take a look at the play and tell me what you think when a guy comes up and winks and says, I got him."
Harden didn't seem to agree with Gentry's assessment of the play after the game. When asked about the play, he said. "He got a piece of me, enough of a piece to affect my shot. Good call."
"What happens to us is that AD [Anthony Davis] never gets a call, he never gets a call," Gentry said. "We talk about them holding him, we talk about them grabbing him on rolls, and we talk about them coming under him on post-ups. He never gets a call. Not one. You know why? Because he doesn't bitch and complain about it. He just keeps playing the game. So then it comes down to just a few plays in the game, you can't guess on plays when you got teams playing for playoff spots. You can't guess on a foul. That's not right. That's not the way you do it. We are fighting our asses off for a playoff spot."
Gentry was furious for a foul called on James Harden while he was shooting a corner three with 5:39 left in the fourth quarter.
Per ESPN, "All we want is an equal opportunity to win the game. Not have a situation where we are guessing on the biggest play of the game, where they call a 3-point foul from the corner. All of you take a look at the play, and if you think that's a foul, if anybody out here thinks it's a foul, then you tell me, and I'll shut up, and I won't say one more thing. You take a look at the play and tell me what you think when a guy comes up and winks and says, I got him."
Harden didn't seem to agree with Gentry's assessment of the play after the game. When asked about the play, he said. "He got a piece of me, enough of a piece to affect my shot. Good call."
"What happens to us is that AD [Anthony Davis] never gets a call, he never gets a call," Gentry said. "We talk about them holding him, we talk about them grabbing him on rolls, and we talk about them coming under him on post-ups. He never gets a call. Not one. You know why? Because he doesn't bitch and complain about it. He just keeps playing the game. So then it comes down to just a few plays in the game, you can't guess on plays when you got teams playing for playoff spots. You can't guess on a foul. That's not right. That's not the way you do it. We are fighting our asses off for a playoff spot."
E. Carchia
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