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The Clippers fell apart on Thursday night, as they were hit for five technical fouls in their 105-94 loss to the Cavaliers — with four coming in the third quarter and three coming within a few minutes of each other. Afterwards Chris Paul, who was hit one of the techs, expressed some frustration with the referees. Particularly, Lauren Holtkamp, the rookie official who gave Paul his technical. Here’s what he said, via ESPN:
“I think we have to show better composure but at the same time some of [the technical fouls] were ridiculous,” Chris Paul said. “The tech that I [got] right there was ridiculous. I don’t care what nobody says, I don’t care what she says; that’s terrible. There’s no way that can be a tech. We try to get the ball out fast every time down the court and when we did that she said, ‘uh-uh.’ I said, ‘Why, uh-uh?’ And she gave me a tech.” […]
“That’s ridiculous,” Paul said. “If that’s the case, this might not be for her.”
Holtkamp also gave DeAndre Jordan a technical foul with 9:30 left in the third quarter after screaming for a foul following a dunk.
“I guess she thought I was talking to her,” Jordan said. “We talked about it. She said that she thought I was talking to her. She made a call and I talked to the other refs and they disagreed with it. Hopefully it will be rescinded. We’ll see.”