Let's cut straight to the (paper) chase: Here's what Kevin Ollie said about the technical foul he was called for with 2:44 left and his team having just cut what had been a 20-point deficit down to three:
He later added: “We wanted Jalen (Adams) to deny him but not get a foul. But I just thought it wasn’t a foul that needed to be called at that time. But, the ref made it and Jalen did foul him, it looked like, going back on it. I just slapped the stand, the paper was there and went flying.