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Mavs' Cuban rips referees midgame via Twitter

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mark Cuban has been famously outspoken with criticism of officiating during his tenure as owner of the Dallas Mavericks, but his real-time ripping of a referee Friday night was a first for him.

Cuban fired off a critical tweet after Mavs center Salah Mejri was called for a travel in the second quarter of the game against the Golden State Warriors.

Derrick Stafford has mailed it in. That travel was not a travel and the no calls. Rick needs to get a tech

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 26, 2016

Cuban, who did not travel with the Mavs on the four-game road trip, followed up with a tweet that criticized the NBA's referee management team.