"Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who has paid more than $1 million in NBA fines in large part due to criticizing officiating, couldn't keep biting his tongue.

The Mavericks' 95-86 home loss to the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder -- which featured Dallas coach Rick Carlisle's ejection after being called for two separate technical fouls early in the fourth quarter, the second of which was whistled after he inadvertently kicked the ball into the American Airlines Center crowd -- caused Cuban to complain about what he considers an epidemic of poor officiating in this lockout-condensed season.