Celtics coach Ime Udoka rips officiating after Game 3 loss to Bucks

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The Boston Celtics find themselves in a 2-1 series hole following their 103-101 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 of the NBA's Eastern Conference semifinals Saturday afternoon. 

Celtics coach Ime Udoka called out the officiating after the game, specifically taking issue with a call that in the closing moments of the game. 

Trailing 103-100 in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter, Celtics guard Marcus Smart appeared to be gathering himself for a three-pointer when he was hit in the arm by Bucks guard Jrue Holiday.

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The refs called a foul on the potential tying 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds remaining. But because the officials called the foul on the floor instead of a three-shot foul, Smart got two free-throw attempts, instead of three. 

"It was a foul. It was a foul," Udoka told reporters after the game. "He caught the ball, he's turning into a shot, both feet set. You can’t say that’s a sweep like that, going into a shot. So, poor call, poor no-call … I saw it in person, but also on the film that I just went and looked at. It’s a shot, he was curling into a shot, he was getting fouled on the way up. Bad missed call."

Celtics head coach Ime Udoka disagrees with a call as he talks to an official.  (Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Smart made the first free throw and missed the second intentionally to give his team a shot for a three-point play, but he and the other Celtics players were unable to tip the ball in. Al Horford got his own rebound and banked it in, but his final shot came just after the buzzer sounded.

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