Nikola Vuevi was assessed a technical for a hard foul on Grayson Allen during the Bulls’ loss to the Bucks on Tuesday, but clarified there was no malicious intent.
Opinions differed across party lines on the ultimate ruling.
"I think it crossed the line," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said of Vučević's foul."The refs thought it was not enough to be flagrant. It was just a dead ball technical foul.":"Nah. If anything, the foul happened even harder with Lopez pushing him into him . But I felt like even with that Vooch was going for the ball. I didn't think it should have been a technical foul. My intention wasn't payback or anything.
Budenholzer offered some insight into the explanation for the ruling, saying that James Capers told him the officials reviewed the play"four to five times," but found no evidence of a wind-up on Vučević's part. "My intention wasn't to foul or to injure or anything," Vučević said."I think it just looked worse in the moment. I mean, when you look at the replay, it's not even that bad. I don't even understand why I got a tech for it."
Still, both Vučević and Bulls coach Billy Donovan, who diplomatically said he concurred with the official's ruling but respected Budenholzer's opinion, understood why the play was questioned. There is history with Allen, dating back to him fracturing
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