Dejounte Murray will miss Game 5 against the Celtics on Tuesday after the NBA suspended him for bumping an official after Game 4 on Sunday. During Hawks practice, Murray explained what he was thinking, and implied that there was a history with that specific referee, Gediminas Petraitis.
The Atlanta guard also said that he thinks of himself as respectful towards referees, so this one incident is unique in that way.
“The individual goes back to San Antonio where I don’t know why that person treated me the way he treated me over the years,” he said. “You ask 98% of the refs why they greet me before games, they’ll tell you because I’m one of the respectful ones.”
