Suns' Booker, Brooks rip refs after Game 2 loss to Thunder - ESPN

OKLAHOMA CITY — Add the Phoenix Suns to the list of teams that have publicly complained about officiating after a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

«In my 11 years, I haven't called a ref out by name, but James [Williams] was terrible tonight through and through,» Suns star Devin Booker said after a 120-107 loss in Wednesday's Game 2 that gave the defending champion Thunder a 2-0 series lead. «It's bad for the sport, bad for the integrity of the sport. People are going to start viewing this as a WWE if they're not held responsible.

»It just feels disrespectful. I know I haven't won a championship in this league, but I have been in it for 11 years now. So to get to this point to be treated like that, for me to even be saying something out loud, it's bad."

Booker expressed displeasure with the officiating in general and was perturbed in particular with a technical foul called against him with 2:05 remaining in the third quarter.

Phoenix forward Dillon Brooks had a more common complaint, taking umbrage with whistles that benefited Oklahoma City's reigning MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 37 points, shooting 13-of-25 from the floor and 9-of-9 from the free throw line. His nine free throws matched his average for the regular season, which ranked third in the league behind the Los Angeles Lakers' Luka Doncic and Portland Trail Blazers' Deni Avdija.

"[Gilgeous-Alexander is] a little frail, and that's what the refs are going to call," said Brooks, who scored 30 points before fouling out with 25.3 seconds remaining. «I got to be smarter about it, but this is the playoffs. It's a man's game.

»Like, I used to watch this back when Michael Jordan was playing or whoever else, when LeBron was