Vanderbilt said the referee told him he planned to discipline him for his actions.
"[Fraher] said he's going to write me up," Vanderbilt told ESPN. "I don't know what the hell he's talking about. These refs, they just want to have their power or something, I don't know. I don't know what he was reaching for. That's been a thing since way before I was in the league. What, was he going to take the ball home or something?"
Giannis steps in to secure game ball for L.A. rookie
Noticing some postgame confusion at center court, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo intervened by securing the game ball and handing it to the Lakers to present to rookie teammate Adou Thiero.
