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Q. Another game where LaMelo Ball is in foul trouble a lot and the turnovers. How do you try to kind of get him through this? Chris Finch, He's got to figure it out, right? I mean, the turnovers are unnecessarily, I think. To be fair, they’re fouling him all over the floor. They got their hands on him, they’re bumping him, they’re holding him, they’re riding him off his line. And at the other end of the floor, he’s being whistled for a bunch of touch fouls. The way that they allow people to just put their hands on him over the full court, I thought we got rid of that stuff in the 80s, but apparently not.”
Q. It just seemed like a frustrating night for you just with the fouls. What do you see in out there in terms of…? Lamelo Ball: “You seen all the fouls I had? You think I had six? Q. I would probably say no. Ball: That’s bottom line. I mean, just got to be smarter though.
Ball fouled Wembanyama as he was running back to defense, pushing the French center from the back while he was trying to get up from the ground. This was Ball's first foul after which he racked up six fouls in total and had to leave the court earlier than expected. LaMelo told reporters after the matchup that he wasn't trying to foul the whole game and addressed the interaction with Wembanyama: "Honestly, I wasn't even trying to foul and it was just happening. I know the first one I tried to help Wemby up. Foul. Just, I guess silly stuff."
NBA Official: Brandon Miller’s (CHA) technical foul at the end of the 2nd quarter on 10/30/26 (vs. WAS) has been rescinded upon league office review.
Darko Rajakovic on Scottie Barnes not getting calls: “For me, a player that gets three free-throw shots in a game, who scores 41 points and goes to the free throw line three times, that is kind of BS to be honest with you. They got to the free throw line 29 times, we got to the free throw line 15 times, and I do not think that we were more physical or more aggressive team than them. I think that both teams played really aggressive good basketball and I think that both criteria should be same on both ends of the floor.”
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Dillon Brooks: “Refs talk and I think they have like a list of floppers. I think OKC flops a lot, but they don’t get called for it because they got a pedigree. But when Ziaire gets called for it, he’s known as a flopper. It’s all pick and choose, and you got to realize that refs are human, they’re not robots, so they’re going to see what they see and call what they call.”
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has never been afraid to share his opinions on topics he believes matter to the NBA. That continued Wednesday night when Kerr was asked what he thought the league should emphasize as it tries to crack down on flopping. “You know my take on the NBA. We should be the No Bulls— Association,” Kerr said before a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. “Like, every bit of bulls— that the players try to pull, we should just say, ‘No, no. We’re not doing that.’ And it’s a better game when guys aren’t flopping, guys aren’t grabbing each other, hooking each other, running into screens and looking like they got hit by a car. It’s just a better game when the officials have the ability to just say, ‘No. We’re not buying into that.’ And I feel like we are constantly, as a league, sort of behind the players. The players are grifting and we’re chasing them and we’re never getting ahead of it. And that’s my biggest issue.”
Chris Finch believes the focus should be on stopping offensive players from flopping. “I was all for the league cleaning up flopping when I heard they were going to do it,” Finch said. “Unfortunately, I think the league has their own definition of what a flop is, which is needed but confusing when you feel like when you see a flop (and) everyone kind of knows what it is. It doesn’t need to be overly explained. I think where they got it wrong is all these flops they’re calling on the defense, and that’s not what the people want out of the game. They want the flops on the offensive players out of the game. The league was very intentional about saying the fans didn’t want to see flopping, but that’s not the flopping that … they don’t care if a defender spills down and shouts.
Jon Krawczynski: In the NBA's last 2-minute report, it was concluded that James Harden should have been called for a foul on Anthony Edwards' drive late. Also, the steal from LaMelo Ball on Donovan Mitchell was deemed incidental contact. Not surprised at either determination.
After Grizzlies rookie Cam Boozer made a shot with 19.7 seconds remaining to give Memphis a two-point lead, Golden State had a chance to tie the game. But with star guard Stephen Curry handling the ball, Draymond Green was called for an illegal screen. Steve Kerr said after the game that he believed Green’s screen was legal, before appearing to accuse the Grizzlies of flopping throughout the game. “It was shocking to see that called but again, all of the flopping that was going on — every time somebody ran into a screen, they just went down and the refs bought into it,” Kerr said.
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While Minnesota Timberwolves point guard LaMelo Ball asserts his moonwalk into a second-quarter 3-pointer in Wednesday’s game against the Miami Heat wasn’t a travel, the rest of the world seems to disagree. That includes the league’s referees union. The NBA’s official referee X account weighed in on social media to confirm that Ball’s move was illegal, even though it wasn’t called in real time.
Ball peeled off a screen and seemed to take five or six steps with the ball spinning in his right hand before finally releasing what became one of his five made 3-pointers on the night. He insisted the move was legal, sharing a different interpretation of the rules in an interview with ESPN’s SportsCenter after the game. “If you watch, I let the ball guide,” said the 25-year-old point guard, who made his Minnesota Timberwolves regular-season debut last night. “If I’m letting the ball guide and I ain’t touching it, you can take as much steps as you want.”
Aris Barkas: Euroleague Basketball Official statement Referee Vasiliki Tsaroucha is suspended from officiating in all Euroleague Basketball competitions until both the local authorities’ investigation and Euroleague Basketball’s internal review have concluded.