{"id":474938,"date":"2025-12-19T08:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=474938"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:55:56","slug":"bickerstaff-blasts-officiating-after-pistons-116-114-ot-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/bickerstaff-blasts-officiating-after-pistons-116-114-ot-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Bickerstaff blasts officiating after Pistons\u2019 116-114 OT loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2960\"><strong data-start=\"2521\" data-end=\"2540\">Detroit Pistons<\/strong> coach J.B. <strong data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2567\">Bickerstaff<\/strong> accused crew chief <strong data-start=\"2587\" data-end=\"2601\">John Goble<\/strong> of being \u201cnot objective\u201d after a <strong data-start=\"2635\" data-end=\"2655\">116-114 overtime<\/strong> loss to the <strong data-start=\"2668\" data-end=\"2688\">Dallas Mavericks<\/strong>. Bickerstaff pointed to multiple moments involving Goble\u2019s calls, including the second-quarter technical and ejection of <strong data-start=\"2810\" data-end=\"2828\">Ausar Thompson<\/strong>, a technical assessed to Bickerstaff seconds after the halftime horn, and a timeout he said was not awarded in the closing moments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2962\" data-end=\"3515\">Bickerstaff said Goble told him during the game that their interactions are the same \u201cnight after night,\u201d which he took as evidence the referee entered the game with a preconceived mindset. A pool report stated Thompson was ejected for aggressively approaching and making contact with an official, and Goble cited \u201ccontinuous complaining\u201d for Bickerstaff\u2019s halftime technical. Detroit rallied from 18 down to force OT, then had a disputed late sequence in which Bickerstaff said he tried to call timeout after an offensive rebound but wasn\u2019t granted it.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3517\" data-end=\"3982\">Bickerstaff stressed he didn\u2019t want the night to be \u201cabout the referees,\u201d calling it a highly competitive game, but said fairness and objectivity must be addressed. Dallas had complaints, too: <strong data-start=\"3710\" data-end=\"3724\">Jason Kidd<\/strong> reacted strongly after <strong data-start=\"3748\" data-end=\"3765\">Anthony Davis<\/strong> was called for a foul with 3.4 seconds left, right after <strong data-start=\"3823\" data-end=\"3839\">Cooper Flagg<\/strong> had put Dallas ahead. Flagg finished with 23 points and said the Mavericks will keep fighting as they pushed into the final West play-in spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit coach J.B. 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