A NBA Referee Is Now The News Of The Week.

Scott Foster officiated the Houston Rockets 111-106 loss to the Lakers on Thursday night, a nationally televised game fresh out of the All-Star break.

James Harden and Chris Paul fouled out and afterward both took the rare step of calling out an official by name.

Paul, who had voiced frustration with Foster as recently as January 2018, told ESPN he wasnt sure what to do about his relationship with the veteran official.

In a 2016 survey by The Times of nearly three dozen NBA players, assistants and head coaches, Foster was voted the leagues worst official.

Doc Rivers, who coached Paul, is aware of the fractured relationship between Paul and Foster.