Even if the referee assignments were doled out before the Rockets-Warriors series began, the choice won't go over well in Houston.
How we’re all picturing James Harden’s reaction to the news about the Game 2 officiating assignments. By Matt Bonesteel Matt Bonesteel Reporter for the Early Lead Email Bio Follow April 30 at 12:14 PM The aftermath of Game 1 of the Rockets-Warriors first-round series mainly has centered on the officiating, namely the last-second ejection of Houston guard Chris Paul and a number of calls that may or may not have benefited Golden State.
The NBA isn’t really trying to pour gasoline on this controversy: As Windhorst later pointed out, the league presets the officiating assignments for the first four games of a playoff series, so Foster’s Game 2 assignment was set in stone before the events of Game 1. But it still will lead to murmurs, considering the history between the Rockets and Foster.
“Scott Foster, man. I never really talk about officiating or anything like that, but just rude and arrogant,” he said. “I mean, you aren’t able to talk to him throughout the course of the game, and it’s like, how do you build that relationship with officials? And it’s not even that call [on the sixth foul]. It’s just who he is on that floor.
“Some of them, you can [communicate] with. You’ve just gotta figure out who you can and you can’t. I got a tech tonight. I’m over there with [referee Courtney Kirkland] saying, ‘That’s Scott, that’s Scott,’ and I got a tech. That’s history there. He the man. That’s who they pay to see.”
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