Pau Gasol struggled a bit against the Nets on Sunday and coach Phil Jackson believes the referees had something to do with it.

"I just think it's been kind of a 'Just go out and beat up Pau' type of philosophy," Jackson said.

"Don't let him have anything easy, stay on his body and rough him up as much as you can. Referees are just going along with it. Everybody is just doing it, wearing him out and trying to be physical with him all the time. He gets a little frustrated with it but he's got to get a mental attitude towards that of 'I'm going to have to take care of business on my own if the referees aren't.' "

Gasol played very well in the fourth quarter after letting all the contact and lack of calls get to him early on.

"I thought he stayed with it," Jackson said. "We tried to encourage him on the bench to stay solid with it and fight. He got smacked in the mouth a couple of times and he came to the bench and was a little bit befuddled but he went back out there and did some good things at the end."