Per ESPN<\/a>, After his complaints to the referees didn’t receive the desired response, Doncic wanted to be sure that the reason for his displeasure was on the record.<\/p>\n“They hit me in the face, and that should be a foul,” Doncic said. “They should look at it. I think the rule is when you get hit in the face, they’ve got to look if it’s flagrant or no, right? Like I said, I was hit in the face three times. Two of them was not a foul.”<\/p>\n
After Oladipo hit two free throws to push the Pacers’ lead to three points with 13 seconds remaining, Doncic confronted referee Tyler Ford during the timeout.<\/p>\n
“He can’t f—ing hit me in the mouth!” Doncic shouted at Ford.<\/p>\n
“They didn’t care,” Doncic said after the game. “It was clear. Everybody saw on the Jumbotron.”<\/p>\n