NBA fans crushed ref Scott Foster after he T’d up Jaylen Brown despite Georges Niang grabbing him

You know referees do their job well when fans don’t know their names. Scott Foster is not one of those referees.

When fans saw Foster’s name on the officiating crew for Sunday’s Game 7 between the Sixers and Celtics, controversy seemed inevitable. Foster has a habit of taking over games and missing the simplest of calls in the process. Yet, the NBA continues to give the longtime official marquee assignments.

After all, few officials would handle the incident between Georges Niang and Jaylen Brown worse than Foster.

During the first half, Brown leaped towards the Sixers bench as he successfully saved a long rebound. Brown then turned and had some words for the Sixers, but that was because Niang grabbed Brown’s leg.

Rather than hit Niang with a technical (or a possible ejection) and send the Celtics to the line, Foster called technicals on both Brown and Niang. He essentially punished Brown for being upset about a bench player grabbing his leg. It made no sense. In a close game, the Celtics could have used that point. But with a double technical, neither team gets to shoot free throws.

Fans weren’t pleased with how Foster handled the situation either.

Niang should have been ejected, if anything.