CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue went his entire 11-year career as an NBA player without earning a technical foul, but on Monday he was assessed just his second as a head coach in the second quarter against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Lue argued with referee Leroy Richardson after Richardson called a foul on Channing Frye with 7:43 left in the first half.
Referee Lauren Holtkamp had passed on the call under the basket, but Richardson, the trail official on the play, blew his whistle from 45 feet away after the shot by Pelicans center Donatas Motiejunas slid off the rim.