Chicago Bulls sixth man Taj Gibson fouled out of their game against the Indiana Pacers on Friday which the Bulls lost, 91-79, and later accused the Indiana Pacers of flopping that caused him to get disqualified.
Agrey Sam of CSN Chicago quoted Gibson as saying when asked if the officiating affected his game: "Yeah, because there's a lot of floppers. There was a lot of flopping and once that happens, it kind of makes you think, because of the way they were calling the game, you don't want to get another ticky-tack foul. There were a lot of ticky-tack fouls. I don't know. I just tried to be aggressive."
Gibson also expressed frustration at the way the calls were made. "I was just pissed. It's a physical game and a lot of the calls were not like that, what you think it's going to be. Bodies are banging, guys are flying around. It was kind of chippy calls. But they did a great job. Even though the calls didn't go our way, we couldn't get the ball in the basket. It was just frustrating."
During the game, the Bulls were assessed with 25 fouls as compared to the Pacers 18 infractions.
Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau did not pin the loss on officiating, saying about the Pacers: "Well, you've got to give them credit. It's going to be hard fought. Shots are going to sometimes go; sometimes they're not," he explained. "The rebounding was the big concern, so we've got to correct that. You're not going to win on the road without rebounding. You've got to defend, you've got to rebound and you've got to take care of the ball, so if you're short in one of those areas, you're putting yourself in a lot of trouble and that's what we did."
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