Brown shockingly confronts, berates referee during Kings-Nets game

Brown shockingly confronts, berates referee during Kings-Nets game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Kings coach Mike Brown played with fire during a heated argument with an official in the second quarter of Sacramento's 108-103 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday at Golden 1 Center.

Moments after officials neglected to call what Brown believed to be a foul on a Colby Jones drive, the Kings coach stormed up the court in an animated rage seeking counsel with a referee.

Following Sunday's loss, Brown revealed the eye-popping outburst was intended to light a fire under his players as the Kings faced a double-digit first-half deficit

"I thought Colby got hit going to the rim," Brown told reporters. "I just wanted to show our guys that, 'Hey, we all need to fight.' I'm [going to] try to fight, you guys try to fight and see if we can find a way to get ourselves into the game and, you know if we're going to go down, we're going to go down swinging."

Brown's unorthodox inspiration tactics appeared to net a positive result, as Sacramento closed the first half on a 22-11 run, eventually taking the lead in the second half before collapsing down the stretch.

Shockingly, Brown was assessed just a technical foul for his outburst.

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