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NBA Fact or Fiction: Is questionable officiating costing your favorite team?

Each week during the 2023-24 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward.

[Last week: What if Kevin Durant sours on the Suns?]

This week's topic: You have every right to be upset about NBA officiating

It has been a wild season for all of you big-time fans of NBA officials.

Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakoviu0107 gave referees $25,000 worth of criticism following a 132-131 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday in which his team shot 21 fewer free throws than its opponent in the fourth quarter.