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Mike Brown vents his frustration over questionable foul calls vs. Bucks by bringing laptop to postgame conference

Brown brought receipts to his postgame press conference.

Jonas Panerio

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After Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic called out NBA officials for the free-throw disparity between his team and the Los Angeles Lakers in a recent game, this time, it was Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown's turn to bring attention to questionable foul calls in their contest against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.

Brown, who was ejected from the game early in the fourth quarter, brought out a laptop during the post-game press conference and showed video clips of what he believed were missed or incorrect foul calls against his team in their crushing 143-142 loss to the Bucks.

Foul disparity

Brown began his tirade by pointing to a play late in the third involving Bucks guard Damian Lillard and the Kings' De'Aaron Fox.

"This is in the third quarter with 1:28 left," Brown shared.

"Go back and watch. (De'Aaron) Fox barely puts his hand on Dame's hip. Incidental contact. He didn't push him or anything. He barely puts his hand there, and they give him three free throws."

Brown also alluded to a foul called on Bucks center Brook Lopez that was reviewed and eventually rescinded. Although Brown did not show footage of this play, it happened late in the first half as Malik Monk drove into the teeth of the Bucks' defense and collided with Lopez.

"I know that happens sometimes, but it's very frustrating when at the end of the half, from what I get told all the time, Malik (Monk) drives, and Lopez comes over and goes vertical with the forearm down here," Brown said.

The last straw

The straw that broke the camel's back was a non-call on Bucks guard Cam Payne, who appeared to have hooked Fox's arm on the latter's drive. After no foul was called, Brown charged onto the floor and was ejected from the game by official Intae Hwang. The longtime NBA coach, who has won a title with the Golden State Warriors, batted for consistency and communication from the game officials.

"The referees are human, and they're going to make mistakes, but you just hope that A) there's some sort of consistency and B) there's some sort of communication between the refs," Brown added.

"They're human. They're good people. They're going to make mistakes. But we can't interpret a rule two different ways."

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