The Boston Celtics were in the middle of a battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder when in the second quarter, star forward Jayson Tatum was called for a foul. He then clapped his hands in frustration at himself for picking up that foul.
The official on the play felt like Tatum was clapping at him, and he called him for a technical foul. It looked like a pretty harmless reaction from Tatum and the NBA world was in shock over the technical foul call on the Celtics star.
Philadelphia 76ers big man Montrezl Harrell took to his Instagram story to react to the call. He tagged the NBA and said they need to take a look at their officiating as they are giving them too much rope on the floor and not allowing players to just react.
Montrezl Harrell calls out the officials on his Instagram story after the Jayson Tatum technical foul #Sixers #Celtics pic.twitter.com/SU3rCGbWE7
— Ky Carlin (@Ky_Carlin) November 15, 2022
Tatum had 27 points and 10 rebounds as the Celtics knocked off the Thunder 126-122 at home.
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