Neither the Phoenix Suns nor the Los Angeles Lakers have been pleased with how the physicality in their first-round clash has been handled.

Suns head coach Monty Williams has repeatedly clamored for equal treatment from the officials, despite the fact that the foul discrepancy has been relatively even throughout the series. Through four games, the Suns have been called for nine more personal fouls than L.A.

Ahead of Game 4, the Phoenix coach complained at the ejections handed out to Devin Booker and Jae Crowder (in Game 3) and Cameron Payne (in Game 1), while Montrezl Harrell and Alex Caruso received technical fouls for their skirmish with Payne.

Booker's ejection, of course, was the result of a reckless flagrant-2 foul on Dennis Schroder that Anthony Davis called “dirty,” and “scary“. Schroder said the two-handed shove from Booker warranted a suspension.

After Game 3, Chris Paul spent his entire post-game press conference bringing up his 0-11 playoff record in games officiated by Scott Foster.

The Lakers, and #LakersTwitter, are hearing none of it. In fact, a slew of questionable, arguably non-basketball plays has been circulating around social media all week, beginning with Paul's dangerous box-out in Game 1 that clearly irked LeBron James. Paul denied any wrongdoing.

Jae Crowder and Chris Paul have long been identified as two of the league's shadiest tricksters. (One notable difference: Crowder is a sworn enemy of James while Paul is Bronny's godfather.)

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On Monday, SB Nation's Harrison Faigen asked Los Angeles head coach Frank Vogel if his team had reported the Suns' tactics to the NBA. Vogel refused to get into specifics, but he did indicate that they filed post-game reports, as per usual.

“We send things off to the league every game all year, but I'm not going to get into the nature of what those communications have looked like in this series,” he said.

The Lakers — like every NBA team — files formal complaints to the league on a regular basis, for reasons major and minor.

After four testy clashes, Los Angeles and Phoenix are tied at two games apiece heading into a pivotal Game 5 at Phoenix Suns Arena on Tuesday night. I'm sure there won't be any drama.