Daryl Morey, Tad Brown Criticize Referees, Charles Barkley After Win vs Warriors

April 22nd, 2016 by Mike Chiari Leave a reply »

Despite the Houston Rockets' 97-96 win over the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of their playoff series Thursday, team management took issue with the referees and Charles Barkley following the contest. 

General manager Daryl Morey was critical of the officiating and pointed to two incidents that went in the Dubs' favor.

The first involved Warriors center Andrew Bogut and Rockets center Dwight Howard engaging in an arm bar, which led to D-12 getting called for a technical foul for throwing the ball at Bogut.

In a tweet, Morey likened the tactic to a mixed martial arts move:



He then referenced Warriors forward Draymond Green flooring Michael Beasley near the end of the game in a play with no foul called:



Most of the vitriol was saved for TNT analyst and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley.

The former NBA MVP accused the Rockets of lacking effort, which prompted CEO Tad Brown to take aim at the 11-time All-Star's four-year stint in Houston at the end of his career:



The 2015-16 regular season was disappointing for the Rocke ...

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