The Phoenix Suns fell to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday by a score of 129-108. After the blowout loss, Deandre Ayton took the time to criticize the officiating in the game.
“I just don’t like how these refs called the game tonight…I’m putting it on them,” Ayton said per Gina Mizell of The Athletic.
The loss to the Bucks gave Phoenix its third defeat in the team's last four games. It also moves the Suns 20-29 on the season and in 11th place in the Western Conference.
In the loss, Ayton scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in 30 minutes of play. However, he shot 10-27 from the floor.
“That's the best team (in the NBA). We flew all the way over here to compete, not to get in foul trouble. They gotta ease up a little bit on the whistle…We’re talking fouls after the ball was already through the hoop. It just messed up the whole game,” Ayton said
After missing 25 games of the season due to violating the league's Anti-Drug policy by testing positive for PEDs, the second-year big man is averaging 17.8 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 53.8 percent from the floor. Deandre Ayton is also averaging 2.9 fouls per game
“You don’t get the best out your players, that aggression and that physicality. Because in the back of our head, ‘Oh, we got one or two fouls that the ref might call if I even turn it up a notch,” he added.
The Suns will have a chance to rebound from the Milwaukee loss on Monday against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Phoenx is only four games behind the Memphis Grizzles for the final playoff spot in the West, but they need to start winning games if they want to have a shot at making the playoffs.
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