The Wizards lost a close one in Utah on Friday, and their star point guard doesn't believe it was a fair fight. After a game in which the Jazz shot almost twice as many free throws as Washington did, John Wall ripped the referees and blamed them for the loss.
"I haven’t been saying nothing to the refs lately because I know what situation I’ve been in, but the way they’ve been officiating today doesn’t make no sense,” Wall told reporters, via The Associated Press. ”You shoot 31 free throws to 16. We’re an aggressive team that attacks the basket. That don’t make no sense. I had to get (my arm) bandaged up because I’m bleeding and the ref tells me that’s not a foul. It’s getting out of hand.
”We didn’t lose this game. The refs made us lose this game. We fought hard to give ourselves a chance. But you don’t shoot 31 free throws to 16 the way we attack the basket as a team. That’s how I feel about it.”
Wall is tied with Russell Westbrook for second in the league with 15 technical fouls this season, and only DeMarcus Cousins has more. There's a point where players get a reputation with the officials, and there's certainly a case to be made that's what Wall is experiencing.
But it's more than likely that the league will fine him for these comments nonetheless.
