Kevin Durant was plenty disgruntled after getting called for a Flagrant 1 foul and a technical foul for shoving Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert during the late stages of the fourth quarter of Game 3 on Saturday.

The Golden State Warriors forward had gotten shoved from the back by the Frenchman in order to gain inside position, and retaliated by shoving him on the back before the play had concluded.

Upon being separated by the officials, the Jazz were awarded three free throws, one swished by Gordon Hayward and the other two missed by Gobert.

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Following the game, the lanky forward subtly called out the officiating after the Warriors' 102-91 Game 3 victory.

“That's why they call our league soft, because they call flagrants for stuff like that,” Durant told reporters according to Connor LeTourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle.

While it's unlikely to be some backlash from the league for what seemed to be purely physical play on the boards, things will only get more physical come Game 4 on Monday night, as the Jazz fights to remain in the playoffs, down 0-3 in the series.

The Warriors will look to put the series away, having tied the 1988-89 “Bad Boys” Detroit Pistons for the most wins to start a postseason after losing a Game 7 in the NBA Finals the prior year.