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Brown brought his laptop to the post-game presser and went on a lengthy rant after getting ejected from the game.

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Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Brown was ejected during Sunday night's game against the Milwaukee Bucks. He brought a laptop to the post-game press conference to explain.

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With 9:17 remaining in the 4th quarter and the Kings down by 10 (95-105), Brown got irate after a no-call against De'Aaron Fox. Brown stormed the court and verbally attacked a nearby referee, Intae Hwang. The Kings coach was soon ejected.

The Kings went on to lose the game by a single point in overtime after Damian Lillard's buzzer-beater. After the match, Brown wanted to explain himself in the press conference and brought a laptop to show the episodes where the officiating crew, according to Brown, was wrong.

"I know [referees] David Guthrie and Brian Forte - great guys, great officials. I don't really know Intae well but he seems like a good guy. They're human, and they all make mistakes. I just want to show you guys why I got kicked out of the game," Brown said during the conference.

"This is in the third quarter, 1:28 left. You can watch, go back and watch - Fox barely puts his hand on Dame's hip, ok? Incidental contact, he didn't push him or anything, he barely puts his hand on there. They give him three free throws. At half, we were down, I think, 19 to 5 at free throws. 19 to 5. And I know that happens sometimes, but that's very frustrating," the coach began.

Brown focused his post-game rant on two things that were mostly based on inconsistent whistles. Namely, the verticality rule and where the hands must be for it not to be called a foul, and a supposed foul on De'Aaron Fox that got Brown directly kicked out of the game.

Brown's fiery ejection:

"What I get told all the time - Malik drives, Lopez comes over and goes vertical with his forearm down here. Now, from what the NBA tells me the rule is, if you go vertical, you have to have two hands up. Domas has his hands down here a lot, and they call it for him every time, and they tell it, 'Well, he got a forearm there.' Tonight, they said the forearm could be here as long as it's not extended, so I don't know what the rules are in this situation. I need clarification because, again - two hands up is what the rule is on verticality, but they were here, and they said Lopez could do this. It was a five-point swing," Brown said.

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"They take away two free throws, and then Milwaukee goes down and hits a three. To end the half at 19 to 5, that's tough to deal with, especially when you're getting told different interpretations on a rule. They call this foul again on Fox. He didn't push him. They said it was supposed to be incidental contact, they give him three free throws. Now watch this right here - Fox comes off a pick-and-roll, the kid Cam Payne hooks him, hooks his arm. Look at Fox's arm when he spins off of this - hooks his arm, he almost falls. No incidental contact, he hooks his arm and almost falls, and there's no foul. Look - he almost falls," the coach was irate.

Brown went on to compliment the refereeing crew for their communication during the game but explained his side that the inconsistency of calls is frustrating, especially when the episodes are eerily similar during the same game.

"I'm ok as a coach, referees are human, and they're going to make mistakes, but you just hope, A - there's some sort of consistency, B - there's some sort of communication between the refs," he said. "And the refs tonight were great, they communicated with me all night, but in terms of consistency, you guys saw it right here - Dame coming off a pick-and-roll and Fox getting hooked and almost falling coming off a pick-and-roll."

"On top of that, if you get communication and you get some form of consistency in the game, then you can live with some things. The consistency that I see tonight, it wasn't my opinion there, and I don't understand the rule. If the rule is you have to go vertical with both of your hands up, how can you take away two free throws when the guys has his forearm here? If they're going to change the rule and say, 'Ok, the forearm can be down here and the other can be up there', then I know moving forward, but that's not what the rule is. We're getting it called on Domas all the time, and they tell us he's got to have both hands up to go vertical. That's why I got kicked out," Brown concluded.

Brown's passionate explanation:

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