During Tuesday night's 120-111 loss to the Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka was ejected from the NBA Cup quarterfinals game.
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With tensions boiling over throughout the contest, Udoka let out his emotions both on the court and in the postgame press conference.
In view of the play that specifically set off the 47-year-old former Celtics coach, there was seemingly a missed call late in the game on center Alperen Sengun, that led to Udoka getting in the face of referee John Goble.
A look at how Ime Udoka was ejected, along with Alperin Sengun. This chippy game ends with a frustrated Rockets team falling to the Kings tonight as Mike Brown unloads his bench. pic.twitter.com/uFcmDTnylR
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) December 4, 2024
Ime Udoka & Alperen Sengun both get tossed and Ime got his money's worth.
Safe to say the ref was a little intimidated. pic.twitter.com/fL5fHYbMyS
— Matt George (@MattGeorgeSAC) December 4, 2024
Following ejections from both Udoka and Sengun, after the game second-year Rockets coach referenced the missed calls.
"You're calling ticky-tack moving screens, little s*** like that, but you don't want to call the obvious ones right in front of you. That was it."
Udoka continued, "Thought [Sengun] got fouled a few times on that drive, on the layup and they don't want to call it. So get some f***ing glasses and open your eyes."
To point out, coming into Tuesday's game, Houston actually had won 10 out of their last 12 matchups, as they are now the No. 2 seed in the overall Western Conference standings with a 15-7 record.
To point out, there were other examples around the league of coaches and players disagreeing with NBA officials last night.
As Warriors coach Steve Kerr also was irate with the refs following a 119-115 loss to the Nuggets.
Kerr was mad asf after the Warriors lost… pic.twitter.com/ER4IWAiVhp
— Famouslos32 (@famouslos32) December 4, 2024
Not to mention, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic mouthed a bad word after getting hit with a tech, that the TV broadcast picked up during a 121-116 win vs. the Memphis Grizzlies.
Luka picks up his 5th tech for…waving off the ref, eject this monster. pic.twitter.com/ckdG3VX3Ne
— Missy 🏄♂️ (@missysinghsongs) December 4, 2024
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