The Most Controversial Referee Moments in NBA History

**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
These are the times NBA refs ruined the NBA. And at number 20, keep an eye on Tatum.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:11)
This is bogus, I hate this stuff.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:13)
This is ridiculous.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:15)
Yikes, that was hard to watch. And so was number 19, because Anthony Edwards once gave us the nastiest dunk when the refs ruined it all.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:24)
Oh, backdoor cut Edwards. Take it away.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:32)
Take it away.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:34)
This dude's nuts were even above his head. But what Giannis did at number 18 should be illegal.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:41)
Check by Hustas.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:42)
He'll drive his scores. He's out of bounds.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:46)
He stepped out of bounds.

**SPEAKER_6** (0:47)
We should be going to overtime.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:49)
Now, for number 17, we gotta talk about Damian Lillard, because he was close to throwing fists with the referees.

**SPEAKER_5** (0:54)
With Portland down 2 Lillard splits the D. Drives, and looks like it should have been a goal tend. It should have been a goal tend. No call.
That absolutely looked like it should have been a goal tend.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:11)
But Dame wasn't going to stop there, because he had to tell the NBA how he really feels.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:15)
We get to the last play of the game, and they miss an easy call.

**SPEAKER_1** (1:19)
And then they tell us it's an easy no call. Like that was obviously not a goal team. It caused this game. The crazy part was that even the Jazz players knew it was a goal tend. At least now we know why Dame hates the Zebra's, and so does No. 16, because all Jordan Poole did was pass to the referee when he did this.
Now, that's ridiculous, but not like the referee at No. 15, because Scott Foster does whatever the hell he wants.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:58)
Murray, under to Gordon, Gordon, and a foul. And Scotty Barnes, the culprit, I believe. Oh, we got a, we got a technical foul, and Scotty Barnes just got tossed. And he doesn't know why.
They call the foul on Pertle, his third, and they just kicked Barnes out of the game.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:22)
And after the game, Barnes was still confused about the situation. I was just saying something to myself and I guess he took offense to it.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:30)
So it just threw me out of the game.

**SPEAKER_1** (2:32)
Imagine getting ejected for talking to yourself. But number 14 wasn't just confusing. It was straight up crazy. Now it's Gilgis Alexander, and that's a three point play opportunity for Hey, somebody put Dodgers in a timeout for being mean to his teammate. Unbelievable. And so was this next one, because Blake Griffin and Reggie Evans high-fived each other and got a technical.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:56)
And taken away by Bledsoe.

**SPEAKER_5** (2:58)
Drifted back to Evans.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:01)
And a foul.
And then a technical foul. Paul after the play ended.

**SPEAKER_6** (3:09)
I believe it's going to go against Evans.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:13)
I would love to see the refs explain that one. But number 12 was a whole different ballpark, because in the game between the Cavs and the Hornets, the referees gave Dean Way the technical foul for interfering with Rozier during a dead ball. I mean, making a dumb call is one thing, but reviewing it and not changing your mind? That's a freaking crime. But so is number 11, because the refs didn't just give a random tech, but instead, they cost Lebron a whole game.

**SPEAKER_6** (3:49)
4.1 seconds remaining.

**SPEAKER_5** (3:51)
James comes up top, gets it.

**SPEAKER_6** (3:53)
James on the drive, gets in the paint, layup, missed it.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:58)
Lakers furious. They thought he was fouled.

**SPEAKER_3** (4:01)
That is clearly a foul.

**SPEAKER_1** (4:04)
Hold up, the ref was standing right in front of Lebron, and it didn't matter what the Lakers were saying. Not even Pat's camera was convincing enough. And in OT, the Celtics got the dub, but as what Tatum said afterwards, that was hilarious. I don't really know what happened.
I got to watch the game, watch the film, because everything was just happening so fast. That's the biggest cap I've ever heard. But cap or not, we've reached the top 10 moments. So things are about to get really heated, and we got to talk about the time that Kevin Durant was straight up glazed by the referees. See, when the Rockets went up against the Warriors and the score was all tied, KD got away with this.

**SPEAKER_6** (4:43)
Size difference, and let Durant go to work.
It's Durant. Makes a move, lost the ball, tries to get it. Saves it.

**SPEAKER_5** (4:53)
Safe inside.