Steve Kerr Comments on Officials, Loss to Cavaliers in Game 6 of NBA Finals

June 16th, 2016 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »

The Cleveland Cavaliers controlled Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Thursday and beat the Golden State Warriors 115-101. However, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr was not pleased with the way his star player was officiated during the contest.

“He had every right to be upset. He's the MVP of the league," Kerr said when discussing Stephen Curry and the fact that he fouled out of Thursday’s game, per Rachel Nichols of ESPN. "He gets six fouls on him; three were absolutely ridiculous.”

The two-time MVP not only fouled out, but he also threw his mouthguard in disgust after his sixth was called in the fourth quarter.



“Kerr obviously is here to get fined and defend his guy," Nichols observed. "Calls the officials out by name. Says he's fine with Steph throwing his mouthpiece.”

Kerr called out official Jason Phillips for falling for what he deemed a flop by Cavaliers star LeBron James.

NBA TV shared Kerr’s extended comments:



After Kerr's press conference, David Aldridge of NBA.com suggested Golden State's coach w ...

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