Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni is looking to show more restraint towards referees this season.

"I've got to do a better job controlling myself with the refs," D'Antoni told the New York Daily News. "I think that it just transfers negative energy to the team. We don't need that. So I'm going to make an effort to be not as emotional with them as I have been."

D'Antoni was whistled for just five technicals last season, far fewer than Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy, who led the league with fifteen.

"I think I will do a better job with the refs," he said. "This is now our second year and our guys know what I'm looking for. So I won't be out there going crazy like I have been at times. I hope not to be yelling and screaming a lot."

Via New York Daily News

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