Brooks: Refs made "emotional calls."

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00:00Let me break down what happened and what Phoenix Suns player Dylan Brooks is so upset about

00:05after his team's loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Basically, Brooks is calling for the league

00:10to take a close look at how the referees officiated the fourth quarter. He was very

00:14critical after the game, saying that the referees were making calls based on their emotions and that

00:20it felt like the Suns were playing seven against five. Here's the specific play that set everything

00:25off. Halfway through the fourth quarter, Hawks player Zachary Rissacher went up for a dunk and

00:31had a scary fall. The referees blew their whistle to stop the game, right as the Suns were starting

00:36a fast break, taking away their potential scoring opportunity. Brooks explained his frustration,

00:43saying, I understand that guy is hurt, but at the same time, don't call it dead right away. He felt

00:49the referees should have either stopped the play immediately when they saw the serious injury,

00:53or let the Suns' fast break play finish before blowing the whistle. Instead, they stopped it

00:59right away, and then when Brooks and others complained about the timing, the referee gave

01:03him a technical foul. This technical foul gave the Hawks a free throw, which Brooks saw as a huge,

01:11unfair swing. He said, you're calling the play dead, and then when people call it out, you want to call

01:16a tee and change another play, getting the Hawks two extra points when it's not even their ball.

01:21He believes this needs to be reviewed, and that the referees should be held accountable,

01:27adding, I got penalized for calling them out. The impact was immediate. After that technical free

01:32throw, the Hawks cut into the Suns' lead, making it 107-95, with 6.52 left in the game. Phoenix

01:42ultimately went on to lose the game, 124-122. Brooks also felt this one bad call affected the rest of the

01:49quarter. He argued that the Suns were being fouled on their end without calls, while the referees

01:55seemed to be holding a grudge. He mentioned, we're getting slapped right there in the middle of the

01:59floor, and all three refs miss it. He even joked, we might have to add a fourth ref if that's going on.

02:07He specifically identified referee Justin Van Dyne as the one who gave him the technical,

02:12noting Van Dyne's history of calling quick technicals on other players. Brooks concluded with a

02:18strong opinion on referee accountability. I don't want to get fined, but refs should be fined for

02:24making mistakes like that. He described a later play, where he felt Van Dyne didn't want to make

02:29a call, against an opponent, who was holding him, and another official, had to step in. For Brooks,

02:35that incident proved the referees were not officiating fairly, for the rest of the game.

02:40Do you think referee accountability could change, the outcome of close games?

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