Basketball: NZ Breakers coach Mody Maor refrains from blaming referees after lopsided foul count in crucial ANBL defeat

NZ Breakers Mody Maor has taken a diplomatic view of the lopside foul count that plagued his team's crucial 89-85 defeat to Illawarra Hawks, with playoff aspirations on the line.

Three Breakers starters - Mantas Rubstavicius, Anthony Lamb and Zylan Cheatham - all exited the contest early with five personal fouls, with the remaining two - Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Mangok Mathiang - teetering on four, as referees gifted the Hawks a sizable 31-19 foul advantage.

"The only people who care what I think are the people who take money from my pocket," Maor deflected afterwards. "The truth is we're not allowed to talk about this...

"We have nine fouls on boxouts on defence and zero fouls on offensive rebounds. That's unique."

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NZ Breakers Mody Maor has taken a diplomatic view of the lopside foul count that plagued his team's crucial 89-85 defeat to Illawarra Hawks, with playoff aspirations on the line.

Three Breakers starters - Mantas Rubstavicius, Anthony Lamb and Zylan Cheatham - all exited the contest early with five personal fouls, with the remaining two - Parker Jackson-Cartwright and Mangok Mathiang - teetering on four, as referees gifted the Hawks a sizable 31-19 foul advantage.

"The only people who care what I think are the people who take money from my pocket," Maor deflected afterwards. "The truth is we're not allowed to talk about this...

"We have nine fouls on boxouts on defence and zero fouls on offensive rebounds. That's unique."

More to come 

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