Dillon Brooks Calls SGA, 'A Little Frail' in Video, Rips 'Flopping and Flailing' After Suns' Loss

Phoenix Suns wing Dillon Brooks didn't hold back Wednesday regarding his feelings on Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the manner in which the Game 2 loss to OKC was officiated.

Speaking to reporters following the Suns' 120-107 loss to the Thunder to fall behind 2-0 in their first-round playoff series, Brooks gave his opinion on guarding Gilgeous-Alexander, saying, "Little frail. That's what the refs are gonna call. I gotta be smarter about it."

Brooks guarded SGA for much of the game before fouling out in the closing seconds, and Gilgeous-Alexander had a field day at the charity stripe, making all nine of his free-throw attempts en route to scoring a game-high 37 points.

The 30-year-old Brooks, who led the Suns with 30 points, took issue with the referees officiating the game so tightly on the playoff stage.

"This is the playoffs, a man's game," Brooks said. "I used to watch this back when Michael Jordan was playing … when LeBron was younger, just physical basketball. I don't get why all the dropping, the falling and the flopping and flailing and all this stuff is allowed when we get to the playoffs. Leave that for the [regular] season for the fans. This is about who's the better team, who's a more with-it team. Don't decide the games on no free throws."

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Gilgeous-Alexander's ability to get to the free-throw line has been a big part of his success during his career, particularly over the past two seasons.

SGA rode that skill to an NBA MVP Award, NBA championship and NBA Finals MVP Award last season, and he may be in line to repeat as NBA MVP this season.

During the regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander was third in the NBA with 9.0 free throws attempted per game, and he leads the league in the playoffs thus far with a whopping 13.0 free-throw attempts per contest.

Brooks wasn't the only Suns player who took issue with the officiating Wednesday, as Devin Booker specifically called out referee James Williams, telling reporters, "In my 11 years, I haven't called a ref out by name, but James was terrible tonight through and through. It's bad for the sport, bad for the integrity of the sport. People are going to start viewing this as a WWE if they're not held responsible. It just feels disrespectful. I know I haven't won a championship in this league, but I have been in it for 11 years now. So to get to this point to be treated like that, for me to even be saying something out loud, it's bad."

Despite far exceeding expectations during the regular season with a 45-37 record, the Suns entered the playoffs as massive underdogs against the reigning NBA champs.

OKC had the best record in the NBA this season at 64-18, and it is widely expected that the Thunder will at least make it to the Western Conference Finals for a potential matchup with the San Antonio Spurs.

Still, the Suns' frustration was evident Wednesday night, as they have lost each of the first two games of the series by double digits and haven't looked like a threat to the Western Conference's No. 1 seed.

Brooks and the Suns will return to action Saturday for Game 3 at home in hopes of getting back into the series.