CHICAGO — Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams wasn’t precisely backing down a day after ripping the officers for lacking a essential name close to the tip of a loss to the New York Knicks.
Williams appeared to take little solace Tuesday within the crew chief acknowledging that referees missed a foul by New York’s Donte DiVincenzo. He additionally stated he hadn’t heard from the NBA a few potential high-quality.
“I feel I stated sufficient final night time,” Williams stated earlier than Detroit’s sport towards the Chicago Bulls. “I am not of the mindset of making or increase an argument towards the NBA or the officers. I used to be speaking about an remoted incident final night time, and I will stand on what I stated and what I noticed after the sport. As I instructed our guys immediately, we have now to maneuver previous it however be taught from it.”
Williams was livid after DiVincenzo crashed into Pistons rookie Ausar Thompson’s legs on the chaotic closing possession that gave the Knicks a 113-111 victory on Monday night time. Thompson misplaced the ball within the collision alongside the sideline, and the Knicks got here up with it, resulting in a layup by Josh Hart with 2.8 seconds left.
Crew chief James Williams acknowledged DiVincenzo ought to have been referred to as for a loose-ball foul. By then, Monty Williams had already gone off, describing it as “absolutely the worst name of the season” and “an abomination.”
Requested Tuesday if he had heard from the league about his feedback, Williams stated, “I’ve not.”
As for the crew chief acknowledging the error?
“I noticed the report,” Williams stated. “It’s what it’s. It isn’t going to vary something. It isn’t going to get us the win or the chance of getting an opportunity to win. Once more, our workforce has to be taught and develop and cease utilizing youth as an excuse. We have been in sufficient shut video games to know the right way to shut nicely. In that state of affairs, we have now to safe the ball for us. It was only a robust option to lose a sport.”
The Pistons are an NBA-worst 9-49 after beating the Bulls 105-95 on Tuesday night time.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
