Memphis Grizzlies’ Taylor Jenkins slammed the referees in Game 4

MINNEAPOLIS — Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins criticized game officials after the Grizzlies lost 119-118 Saturday in Game 4 of the first round against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

“We should play better, but in my opinion, [this was] “It’s one of the most mismanaged games I’ve ever seen in my NBA career,” Jenkins said in his post-game press conference. Ten plus wrong difference, 40 free throws. Yes, there are some things we have to clean up and improve, but I’ve never seen a more arrogant and inconsistent official game.

“So I will take any blows coming my way. I must protect our men. We know we must improve, but from the start, it was ugly, filthy, filthy, filthy, inconsistent. There was actually one play in which the whistle was blown before Contact. It’s embarrassing.”

In Game 4, officials whistled at Memphis for 33 fouls compared to Minnesota’s 23 fouls, as the Grizzlies started with five fouls for 25.

“I don’t even want to talk about power,” Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks She said. “When I grew up, when I was in the league the first three years and watched basketball in the supplement, there were hardly any calls. They let the players play and find out. I felt like they just wanted to run the show. They want their names to be on TV, their names are on that TV, All three.

And the series, which tied 2-2 back to Memphis for game five on Tuesday, faced a foul problem for the key players. In Game 2, the teams combined to attempt 33 free throws in the first quarter. Big man grizzlies Garen Jackson Jr.One of the team’s outstanding defenders, he made 20 personal fouls in the four matches while converting only 14 field goals. He made a mistake Saturday night with 4:29 left in the game.

Timberwolves Center Cities of Karl Anthony He also struggled. He’s been sitting a long time on the bench with a serious problem in games 2 and 3, both of whom lost to the Timberwolves.