If you are like many of us in wondering how that experience panned out for Rondo (and for that matter, Doc and the Bucks), he recently spilled the tea.

The NBA is trying to hold its officials accountable, but we are going to have to accept mistakes will be made and consequences will be subjective.

Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers said he had to defend his player as he reacted to the $25,000 fine he received from the NBA on Sunday for criticizing a crucial officiating call in a 115-114 loss at Charlotte a day earlier.

Hornets guard LaMelo Ball appeared to trip over his own feet in the game's closing seconds; a fall was called on Antetokounmpo, and Ball's ensuing pair of free throws made the difference.

Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for public criticism of the officiating on a foul against Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo that the referees admitted they got wrong