Indiana Pacers star forward Paul George was ultimately disappointed in the officiating following a double-technical call and consequent ejection with 5:08 to go in the fourth quarter of Monday night's game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

George got tangled up with Sixers forward Gerald Henderson battling for position, at which point both fell to the floor and were hit with double technical fouls, with Henderson receiving a Flagrant 2 for elbowing George and the Indy talisman another for retaliating.

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“I really don’t have no respect and nothing is there for the officiating. It was a shi**y officiating job,” George told Nate Taylor of the Indianapolis Star. “It was physical all night and they did nothing after I warned them what was going on.”

“I don’t care about him (Henderson). It’s the fact that they (officials) let him do that. That’s the problem I have.”

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The tech galore came at a critical time of the game, as the Pacers held on to an 11-point lead before losing their star player on his way to the showers.

The Palmdale native is likely to have to reach far into his pockets later on, as he'll be hit for individual fines for each technical, a separate fine for the ejection, and another for publicly criticizing the officials — close to $40,000 for his troubles.

“Maybe next year I'll just set some (fine) money aside and I'll have my get-back,” the Pacers' star said jokingly. “I'm just (joking). Hopefully, the league looks at what happened and they clean that up.”

Putting the night's events beside him, George reflected in the team's short-term goal — making the NBA playoffs and controlling their own destiny.

“This season has been up and down,” said George. “For us to finally play some good basketball to finish this year out, it would suck to finally figure things out and put our finger on what we want to be and who we are this year and to not make it. That would suck. But, we’re in the driver’s seat right now.”