Jazz players outraged by officiating in OT loss to 76ers

After a tough overtime loss to the 76ers, many Jazz players expressed frustration with the refereeing.

The Jazz are 25-1 this season when heading into the 4th quarter with a lead. That one loss came Wednesday, as Utah fell to the 76ers in overtime. Mitchell was ejected during the overtime after picking up two technical fouls. On his way out, Mitchell punched a water cooler that nearly hit a bystander. 

Donovan Mitchell was ejected in overtime. pic.twitter.com/GfjGNqFPn8

— ESPN (@espn) March 4, 2021

After the game, Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley, and many others sounded off on the game. Mitchell stated that the game was taken from them by the officials. Language warning: 

"It's really getting out of hand"

Spida talks frustrations after getting ejected in OT loss to 76ers pic.twitter.com/XQhgpitcl6

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 4, 2021

In the clip above, Mitchell talks about how the Jazz are "nice"--they try to avoid complaining and they fight through things. But clearly it's something that's been grating on them and came to the surface tonight. 

Gobert reiterated the "nice guys" notion, particularly referencing how Mike Conley has never received a technical foul call in his career. Here are Gobert's words:

“We’re nice guys...Mike Conley has never had technical in his life and they don’t (expletive) respect him. So, maybe he should get more technicals. I don’t know what he needs to do, Mike Conley, to get some respect.”

Conley, who has played his entire career on a small market team, chimed in and talked about the lack of respect that Utah gets as a team: 

 “Small market, we don’t have the big time names, the ones that are all over the TV and stuff like that so it can get a little wild for us. But we have stars, Don’s a star, Rudy, he’s a star, Bojan (Bogdanovic) and guys that that deserve to get those calls and it’s just not happening for us right now and it’s unfortunate.”

It's certain that Mitchell and the other Jazzmen can probably expect to receive some fines for their comments. 

The @utahjazz tonight:

And YOU get a fine, and YOU get a fine, and YOU get a fine, and YOU get a fine!

And ya know what? I’m fine with it... 😂 pic.twitter.com/IUumNZKRpZ

— NinerUte (@NinerUte) March 4, 2021

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