Oklahoma City Thunder superstar small forward Paul George has been fined $25,000 for public criticism of officiating.

After the Thunder lost to the LA Clippers on Friday, George said the officiating “was just bad.”

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“It's just bad officiating,” George said, via ESPN. “I'm sorry, just bad officiating. We don't get a fair whistle. We haven't gotten a fair whistle all year. Somebody's got to look into this. It's getting out of hand, where we somehow just walk teams to the line. And there's nobody that gets more contact. It's a piece of s— being on that floor.

“We giving everything we got. We're playing hard. We're getting grabbed. We're getting scratched, clawed, held, shoved. And there's nothing for it. The officials just get to walk out, and there's nothing that penalizes them for not officiating the game the right way.”

Against the Clippers, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Steven Adams all fouled out in the game. OKC lost to the Clippers by a final score of 118-110.

George put up 15 points versus the Clippers while shooting 5-of-16 from the floor. Since returning to the lineup from his shoulder injury, George is shooting just 31.3 percent from the field and 25.0 percent from beyond the arc.