An infuriated Paul George was visibly upset following Monday night's 90-85 loss to the Chicago Bulls. His team was out-shot 28-10 on free throw attempts, earning the Indiana Pacers their third straight loss.

“I've been fined multiple times,” George told reporters, according to ESPN's Nick Friedell. “I've been vocal to the point where the league issues [a statement], ‘Hey, we missed a call. Hey, we missed that.' Officials do it during games [saying], ‘I missed that call, I missed this call. We're sorry. We're sorry.' It's getting repetitive. They see it, they know what's going on. They know what's a foul. They know what's not a foul. It comes down from somewhere else how these games are going, I believe.”

The Pacers' star small forward was asked if he felt things would be different if he played for a big-market team.

“Since I've been in this jersey we've always fought this battle,” George said. “Ever since I've been playing, ever since I've been in this jersey we've fought this battle. Maybe the league has teams they like so they can give them the benefit of the doubt. We're the little brother of the league. We're definitely the little brother of the league.”

George made his only free throw attempt while his counterpart, Chicago's Jimmy Butler went to the line 12 times. Pacers head coach Nate McMillan was frustrated with the officiating, pointing out the discrepancy between the two teams on whistles blown.

“We only shot 10 free throws,” McMillan told reporters. “Paul shot one free throw the entire game [and] played 39 minutes. This is the second game where he's getting a lot of grabbing, a lot of holding. Butler shoots 12 free throws tonight. [Opponents] are getting away with a lot of grabbing on Paul. [The referees] got to call the game both ways.”

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George, who averages 21.7 points per game, is only getting 4.5 free-throw attempts per contest — barely above his career average of 4.1 free-throw attempts per game.

“It's not even superstar treatment,” McMillan said. “He's playing — call it fair. I'm not talking about superstar treatment. With those guys, you got to be aggressive [defensively]. The players that are really good in the league, you got to be aggressive and you play physical, and that's the way [opponents] play him. He's not getting any calls. I think it's ridiculous that he plays 39 minutes and he shoots one free throw. [The Bulls] shoot 28 free throws, we shoot 10. They got to call the touching and that physical play on both ends.”

George and McMillan's criticism likely won't be taken lightly by the league, despite their upcoming hotline for players to complain about referees.