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Grant Williams criticizes referees’ handling of technical fouls during loss to Sixers

Grant Williams wants you to know he got a technical foul during the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s loss to Philadelphia, while P.J. Tucker and Joel Embiid did not.

Williams told The Athletic’s Jay King after the game that both players took issue with the officiating like he did. Their complaints generated a different reaction from officials than his did, he said.

“So that moment where I got hit in the face twice, I said, ‘Call the [expletive] foul,” Williams said. “And next thing you know, I got a technical … the following possession P.