Edwards slams ‘terrible’ referees after loss to Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Anthony Edwards shared his feelings on officiating for the Minnesota Timberwolves. 113-103 defeat against the Warriors Saturday at Target Center, the weather was very clear.
The superstar guard, speaking to reporters in the Timberwolves locker room after the game, probed referees Sean Wright and Sean Corbin.
“They’re terrible. All of them,” Edwards said. “Except for the woman. But the other two guys, terrible. Excuse the reason they called a foul, reason they didn’t call a foul. They don’t want to answer my coach, they don’t don’t want to talk I came back to me. I said one thing to the referee, and he gave me a technology Motherf–ker said to one of my teammates that if I had said “you all. called a bad mistake”, he would have given a technology.
“They’re just sensitive and they’re terrible. They never give us the (benefit of the doubt), they penalize me and (Julius Randle) for being stronger every night, don’t get any calls. That’s how I feel about the officials. Every game we play.
Edwards committed four personal fouls and made four free throw attempts, while Randle committed just one personal foul but got to the line nine times. Minnesota, as a team, shot more free throws (25) than Golden State (23), while referees called more personal fouls on the Warriors (23) than the Timberwolves (18).
Although officials have called for more fouls in favor of the Timberwolves, Edwards believes Saturday night’s whistles were a symptom of a larger problem he and Minnesota have dealt with this season.
“Hell, yeah, it’s been consistent all year, but tonight it was bad,” Edwards added. “They were making tick-tock fouls and we weren’t getting anything. That’s exactly how I feel about the officials. Both guys, not the woman.”
“I get penalized because I’m stronger than my opponent. So they give them the benefit of the doubt. They hit me the same way they hit everyone else, and I never get any calls. I don’t know not what has to happen, but something has to happen, because it’s terrible.”
Edwards was previously fined $40,000 for publicly criticizing officials in January of last season and, after his comments on Saturday, he could face a harsher penalty this time if he does it again.
The Warriors, meanwhile, enjoyed a good flight back to the Bay Area.
