Lots of talk, but no fine yet for Scott's criticism of the officials.
View full sizeByron Scott knows he will likely be fined for his comments Friday night in Orlando, but wasn't backing away from his opinions on Saturday.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Byron Scott heard from the NBA on Saturday in the wake of his criticism of the officials after Friday night's 111-100 loss in Orlando.
"They just asked me some questions," said Scott, who has not yet been fined. "I answered them. They said they were pretty satisfied and they'd talk to me later. I said, 'O.K. Have a good day.'"
He got a reaction from his wife, Anita, much sooner.
"I heard from my wife last night: 'Oh my God, what did you do?'" Scott said with a smile.
The crew of Ed Malloy, Bennie Adams and Kevin Fehr drew Scott's ire as much for their failure to answer his questions as for their calls.
"They're going to miss calls, but they can't miss them all night long, especially on one end," was just part of what Scott said on Friday. "I truly feel we didn't get a fair shake tonight in the game."
Scott said he approaches different crews differently.
"It's just like the officials have to know the players," he said. "You've got to know the officials, and they've got to know you, what type of guy you are -- if you're a screamer, yeller, if you're a complainer. There are certain crews you going into a game understanding you can't mess with them too much, and there are certain crews you know you can talk to a little bit more."
Scott is not one to bite his tongue, but he doesn't think he's unreasonable.
"I tell all the officials, 'Just call the game the same way on both ends. If you do that, you'll have no problems with me. If you don't, you're going to hear something from me.'"
Scott said he has received technicals and ejections before, but never a fine. It's likely to big a hefty one, too, perhaps as much as $25,000.
"This will be a first," he said.
Hold the ball: Scott also is upset with his team's tendency to start off a game with a lot of turnovers. On Friday night in Orlando, the Cavs had eight in the first quarter but just six the rest of the game.
"That's a pattern that we have to break," he said. "We've just got to take better care of the ball at the start of the game. Relax. I think sometimes we get out there and we want to do so well and we go so hard that we're making some mistakes.
"A lot of them aren't caused by the defense. It's just us. But in the second half and normally in the second quarter, we seem to calm down a little bit and we play much better as far as sharing the ball and taking care of it. That's just something we've got to continue to work on."