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Mark Cuban tells NBA to punish official by making him 'ref a game in the D-League'

Mavs owner Mark Cuban was very critical of NBA official Ken Mauer before Dallas took the court Wednesday.

Mauer gained attention Tuesday night when he ejected Clippers coach Doc Rivers in overtime, but that's not what Cuban had an issue with. The outspoken owner was upset with the very first play of the game when Nets shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic blatantly double-dribbled (and traveled) and it wasn't called.

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"Refs are going to miss things because there's other things going on, but there was nothing else going on.