Hawks v Waitakere
NBL, Napier
After last round's boilover in New Plymouth, Hawks coach Tab Baldwin says they need to address match officials with a little more decorum.
"No one can play a perfect game so we need to recognise the differences and fix them," Baldwin says after the Hawks' picked up technical fouls that saw Baldwin ejected from the court in their 101-86 loss to the Taranaki Mountain Airs last Saturday.
Taking exception to a technical foul call on captain Paora Winitana, Baldwin vented his spleen but the referees had the final say as Winitana and imports Brian Greene and Darko Cohadarevic found themselves on the bench after racking up five violations each at crucial stages of the game.
"When we approach referees, we need to control ourselves and be more intelligent, that's not just the players but including myself as coach," he says, after point guard Aidan Daly sat on four fouls.