DeMar DeRozan Trashes Refs With NSFW Rebuke After Spurs' Loss to Blazers
By Michael Luciano
The San Antonio Spurs completely lost their cool after another poor performance from NBA referees, with head coach Gregg Popovich getting ejected from the game in the third quarter in what turned out to be a 121-116 loss at home to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Star shooting guard DeMar DeRozan did not hold back when asked what he thought of the officials performance, as he thinks the refs were the main reason San Antonio slumped to 5-8 on the season.
DeMar DeRozan, frustrated with guys in striped shirts of late. "The refs cost us a game and what? We get an apology later on? It's bullshit to me."
— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) November 17, 2019
DeRozan can expect a nice hefty fine in the coming days.
The ejection of Popovich after the coach rightly took exception to a couple of 50-50 calls that looked more like guesswork than anything else did at least serve as the catalyst for a groundbreaking moment in sports history, as assistant head coach Becky Hammon became the first woman in American professional sports to coach an all-male team in a regular season game.
Gregg Popovich has been tossed with two techs against Blazers. Tim Duncan, Becky Hammon and Will Hardy working together to replace him for rest of game.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 17, 2019
DeRozan and Popovich might have lost their cool last night, but at least we got to see some groundbreaking history made on the back of Hammon's performance as interim coach. A small silver lining for Spurs fans.