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Fred VanVleet says technical foul called by Ben Taylor "changed the whole flow of the game" in loss, concedes he'll "take my fine" for speaking out.

"Most of my techs this year have been with Ben Taylor officiating. And no one's coming to see that." "And then you got the other ones who just want to be (expletives) and just kind of (expletive) up the game.

Toronto's point guard lashes out after getting a technical. 'The power trip ... with some of our officials in this league is getting out of hand.'

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VanVleet was upset at referee Ben Taylor after the Toronto Raptors vs. LA Clippers game.

The Raptors guard singled out referee Ben Taylor, who called him for a technical foul on Wednesday.

VanVleet also referred to his technical foul on Wednesday as “bulls–t” and pointed out that Taylor has been responsible for several of his techs this season. I think we’re losing a little bit of the fabric of what the NBA is and was.” “I like a lot of the refs, they’re trying hard, they’re pretty fair, they communicate well. “Most of the refs are trying hard,” VanVleet continued. I think that on most nights, you know, out of the three (referees), there’s one or two that just f— the game up. That’s not a huge disparity, but Los Angeles shot 17 more free throws than Toronto (31-14) and VanVleet was called for a technical foul by Taylor in the third quarter.

"I don't mind, I'll take a fine, I don't really care," VanVleet said. "I thought Ben Taylor was f---ing terrible tonight. I think that on most nights, you know ...

"And there's a fine line obviously, I understand that. "Especially after the night we just had in Denver, the way that finished, so there were a couple calls earlier that we all disagreed with. Three of VanVleet's eight technicals have come from Taylor, with one other coming from another official in a game Taylor was working. The Nuggets were leading by one at the time. "Most of the refs are trying hard. The Clippers were up seven at the time.