Alperen Sengun sorry for sexist remark at female official

Oklahoma City — Houston Rockets star center alperen sengun He expressed regret for repeatedly calling a female referee a “b—-” earlier this week, saying he apologized immediately after the game.

The incident, which resulted in Sengun’s 114-93 loss on Wednesday boston celticsHis insults towards Jenna Reneau became apparent in the following days, with enhanced audio going viral online.

“It was immature of me,” Sengun said, addressing the incident publicly for the first time following the Rockets’ 112–106 road win. oklahoma city thunder On Saturday. “It was just in the moment, and I said some things I shouldn’t have said, but I felt bad about it.”

Sengun was ejected midway through the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s loss to the Celtics after protesting against driving to the basket. Houston trailed by 25 points at the time, and Sengun admitted he took his frustrations out on Reneau, who is in his first season as an NBA staff official.

Sengun, who had his second triple-double of the season on Saturday with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in a win over the Thunder, said he went to the officials’ locker room to apologize to Reneau immediately after Wednesday’s loss.

Seungun said, “Sometimes, you can’t control yourself, but I should have known better.” “But I fixed it, and then I went into the locker room and I apologized. I trembled [her] He touched me and said that this would never happen again. It just happened on a moment’s impulse. Then, she understood, and it was good on both sides.”