Phoenix Suns Coach Monty Williams Latest To Question Officiating, Joining Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra, Fred VanVleet

Like Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Monty Williams of the Phoenix Suns in among the most mild-mannered people in the NBA.

Like Spoelstra, Williams has also publicly questioned the officiating this month. They join Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet as those to recently have problems with referees.

After Wednesday's loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, Williams complained about being outshot 46-20 from the free throw line. He only answered one question from reporters before leaving his postgame press conference.

"Where do you see a game with 46 free throws for one team?" Williams said. "That's just not right. I don't care how you slice it. It is happening to us too much. Other teams are reaching, other teams are hitting, and we're not getting the same call, and I'm tired of it. It's old. Forty-six to 20 free throws with Devin Booker on our team. He gets 12. I mean, our bench had no free throws. It's just ... I'm over it. Been talking about the same thing for a while. Doesn't matter what team it is."

"46 to 20. That's it. That's all I got to say."

Monty Williams dropped the mic and walked out as #Lakers went 36-of-46 from the line to #Suns 15-of-20 tonight.

Phoenix lost 122-111. pic.twitter.com/KKUvGMHwqN
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) March 23, 2023

Spoelstra had his issue after loss to the Orlando Magic last week. He complained about no-calls against Cody Zeller and Jimmy Butler. One of them left Zeller with a broken nose that has kept him sidelined since.

"I'm not going to get a fine, and league, you're not even going to think about giving me a fine," Spoelstra said. "It started off with that blocking foul where Jimmy took one to the face. Then Cody took another to the face and broke his nose. Then our debate about those things seemed to carry over with the official and then it became a matching of egos."

Then there was VanVleet, who drew a $30,000 fine for criticizing the officiating of Ben Taylor, who reportedly been since demoted.

Fred VanVleet went OFF on referee Ben Taylor and NBA reffing in general in his post-game after the Raptors loss. Haven't heard anything like this. pic.twitter.com/VcMkGTh0k3
— Faizal Khamisa (@FaizalKhamisa) March 9, 2023

"I don't mind, I'll take a fine. I don't really care," VanVleet said after that game. "I thought Ben Taylor was f---ing terrible tonight. I think that on most nights, you know out of the three [officials], there's one or two that just f--- the game up. It's been like that a couple of games in a row."

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