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Here's what the Warriors coach had to say about the officiating in the final sequence of Golden State's NBA Cup quarterfinal loss in Houston:
"I've never seen a loose ball foul on a jump ball situation 80 feet from the basket with the game on the line. I've never seen that. I think I saw it in college one time 30 years ago. Never seen it in the NBA. That is ... unconscionable. I don't even understand what just happened. Loose ball, diving on the floor, 80 feet from the basket, and you're going to have two free throws to decide the game when people are scrambling for the ball?
"Just give them a timeout and let players decide the game. That's how you officiate. Especially because the game was a complete wrestling match. They didn't call anything. Steph Curry got hit on the elbow plain as day on a jump shot. Just clubbed. No call.
"You've established you're not going to call anything throughout the game. It's a physical game. You're going to call a loose ball foul on a jump ball situation with guys diving on the floor, with the game on the line? This is a billion-dollar industry. People's jobs are on the line.
"I am stunned. I am stunned."