Vanderbilt talks about the ball grabbing incident after the game: The referee threatened to sue me, I don’t know what he was talking about
6686 Sports News on November 16 Today, the Lakers defeated the Bucks 119-95. An episode occurred after the game. Lakers forward Vanderbilt and others wanted to donate the game ball to new player Tierro who scored the first point of his NBA career, but referee No. 26 Farah refused. There was a small conflict between the two sides. In the end, the referee took back the game ball. However, after the Bucks core Antetokounmpo heard about the incident, he took the ball to the Lakers generals, and the matter was settled.
Vanderbilt talked about the matter after the game and said:
"Farah (the referee) said he would write a report to sue me. I don't know what nonsense he is talking about. These referees just like to abuse their power. I don't know them. What do you want to do? The referee was like this before I entered the league. I don’t know why I want the ball, take it home?”
The referee explained after the game: “The ball in this game belongs to the Bucks, and no one else has the right to handle it.”