Phil Jackson made multiple comments alluding to what he deemed to be questionable officiating in Game 2's loss to the Celtics.
"Yeah, I wasn't happy with those foul calls," said Jackson, referring to some of the fouls called against Kobe Bryant.
"Those were unusual calls," Jackson added. "But he tried to play aggressively. Got called for it. Tried to limit his game a little bit because they were coming at -- taking charges, and it really changed the complexity of this ballgame. They did a good job on him defensively, no doubt about that. I have to tip my hat off to them about that.
"Those were the things that we struggled with in the course of the game obviously," said Jackson.
Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers later asked Jackson a pointed question about the officiating.
"It sounds like you want to spend some money," said Simers. "Did you have trouble with the refereeing tonight?"
"It's going to be that way from game to game," replied Jackson. "And I think a lot of it is about who comes out aggressively and does the right thing out there at the very start of the game."