The frustration boiled over with 1:09 remaining in what would be a streak-busting 114-106 loss to the Indiana Pacers as Brooklyn Nets coach Kenny Atkinson exploded in a profanity-laced tirade against referee Tony Brothers.
Atkinson wasn’t so much protesting Rodions Kurucs being called for fouling Indiana’s Darren Collison as much as he was expressing his vast displeasure with a no-call after Pacers center Myles Turner mugged Spencer Dinwiddie at the other end moments earlier.
Turner had redirected Dinwiddie with a hand to the smaller player’s back and in blocking Dinwiddie’s shot, the Indiana center caught a lot of hand and wrist along with a bit of basketball.