Suns’ Devin Booker calls out NBA refs biggest problem

The past three games have featured some officiating discrepancies that have influenced the game’s outcome. Against the Los Angeles Lakers, the final two minutes had 25 reviews, one of which cost the Suns the game.

And then when they played the Golden State Warriors, there weren’t as many, but plenty of calls could’ve been changed or not called at all.

Devin Booker and the Suns see the problem with NBA refs

As Booker alluded to, all everyone wants is consistency. They want the same on both sides. If one team is called for a blocking foul, then it should be called for the other side.

Even if every team wants the refs to be advantageous towards them, calling a down-the-middle game is crucial for establishing that standard.

It’s something that Ott desires, but also something he didn’t spend too much time thinking about.

“What everyone’s going to say, is that, there are so many things that go on in the game, there’s so many mistakes made by all of us. My focus is always how can we be better,” Ott said after Monday’s practice.

“There’s definitely things that we need to clean up from the last game (vs Golden State). I’ll stick to that for now.”

Until there’s legitimate consistency with officiating, this might be what the Suns and other teams across the league will continue to march to.