Dillon Brooks Calls Out Sga For Flopping; Wants Referees To Be Held 'accountable'

Oh boy. The Oklahoma City Thunder picked up a 120-107 Game 2 win over the Phoenix Suns. And it feels like the reigning NBA champion's quick 2-0 series lead has finally snapped the eighth seed. Per usual, the officiating became a huge talking point.

Devin Booker had the biggest viral moment as he called out an NBA referee by name. But Dillon Brooks has slowly added to his villainous arc. Putting up an efficient 30 points, his scoring explosion did very little to deter Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from eventually going up 2-0 against his squad.

Among the Suns, Brooks has been the most vocal about OKC's whistle. That was expected as soon as we learned the Suns survived the play-in tournament to face the Thunder. He had his most outlandish comments after Game 2. The 30-year-old weaponized everybody's appetite for nostalgia to prove a point.

"He's a little frail. That's what the refs are going to call. I got to be smarter about it. This is the playoffs, a man's game. I used to watch this back when Michael Jordan was playing, when LeBron was younger. This is just physical basketball," Brooks said. "I don't get why all the dropping, the falling and the flopping and the flailing and all this stuff is allowed when we get to the playoffs."

Of course, Brooks is resonating with the old heads who believe basketball from the last century is better and a purer form of competition. Just forget the fact that guys like Jordan and LeBron James faced the same ridicule verbatim as Gilgeous-Alexander. The characters change, but history always repeats itself.

"This is about who's the better team and who's the more winning team. We don't want to decide the games on free throws. I gotta look back at it and see if they're really fouls," Brooks said. "All I know is when I be watching and was out for the playoffs, I've been in the playoffs or I be watching before I was in the NBA, it's straight physical. It's straight, low-scoring physical basketball. You gotta score the basketball to win or get stops to win. Not this flailing or get to the line. We gotta stop that."

We'll see if the Suns' politicking works as the Round 1 series shifts to Phoenix. The Thunder took care of business at home. They were a plus-48 through the first two wins. But none of that carries over to Games 3 and 4. The Suns will determine just how interesting this series gets with Game 3 in a now-or-never situation.

If you're Brooks, you hope being back at home will provide you a boost. Both on the court and with the referees' whistle.

"Let's get some interviews with the Chief that's out there," Brooks said. "Accountability needs to be shown out there, to be honest. So we can actually see or hear what they have to say about the game."

Dillon Brooks refers to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as “a little frail” while criticizing officials after Game 2:

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