INGLEWOOD, Calif. — After another game in which multiple members of the Los Angeles Lakers were assessed technical fouls for complaining, JJ Redick said he planned on speaking to Byron Spruell, the NBA’s president of league operations, about perceived inconsistencies in officiating.

“The consistency needs to be addressed; that needs to be addressed, and it will be. I think any coach, any player, what we ask for is consistency,” Redick said after the Lakers lost to the LA Clippers, 103-88. “That’s not to single any official out or any crew out. It’s not about that. We need to know what it is night to night. We’ve had a number (of calls) … and this is where I get frustrated a little bit and I keep asking the league to please reach out to me and respond every time I do the coach’s feedback thing. I don’t get any response from the league. Nobody ever reaches out to me.”

Saturday, Luka Dončić and Marcus Smart were both assessed technical fouls after interactions with officials. Thursday in Utah, Dončić, Smart and Jaxson Hayes were given technicals.

Smart, like Redick, echoed a desire for more consistency night to night. Before Saturday’s game, the NBA fined Smart $35,000 for giving the middle finger to an official after receiving a technical against the Utah Jazz.

“You can’t talk to them. You try to, and it’s funny because even in the Utah game, I went up the beginning of the game to be a captain. The captain should be able to come talk to them. They still don’t want to hear it,” Smart said. “So, control what you can control.

“They don’t want to talk, you know? You try, and you move on. But it definitely is frustrating when you pour your heart out to this game, and the feedback is literally waving you off, telling you to get out your face and then giving you a tech because you’re asking a simple question. Hopefully they can get it together. But it’s definitely something that, as a whole, we are, as players, frustrated.”

The Lakers shoot the second-most free throws per game. They also allow the seventh-fewest free-throw attempts.

Redick’s frustration Saturday, primarily, was about the interpretation on a failed challenge in the third quarter.

“The way we do challenges and the definitions of challenges and the definitions of what the X, Y, or Z (is) and why you can’t or can, it’s different with every different crew,” Redick said. “We’re supposed to have the guy at the replay center, whoever’s in charge that night, to have some level of consistency, and the definitions just get changed every single night.”

The play in question Saturday occurred in the third quarter when James Harden drove to the lane, and Smart attempted to take a charge. After the ball was released, it bounced out of bounds off Jake LaRavia. Redick challenged the out-of-bounds ruling, hoping to trigger a charge on Harden because of the league’s “proximate foul” rule, which allows refs to overturn calls related to the one being challenged.

The Lakers lost the challenge when crew chief Josh Tiven cited a rule stating that LaRavia wasn’t involved in the block/charge, meaning the play didn’t qualify for review.

“I’ve seen this happen. Somebody’s trying to box a guy out and gets fouled. Somebody goes over the back and there’s a clear foul, ball gets deflected off the defensive team. I’ve seen that challenge; I’ve seen that work,” Redick said. “It’s not two separate plays. The ball is part of the play. The ball got loose because of the charge, and then it was deflected. It’s not two separate plays.

“That’s an insane definition. Insane.”

LeBron James, who has had his own issues with the league’s replay system stemming from multiple issues in the 2023-24 season, said he agreed with a problematic variance night to night.

“I have no idea where the consistency is,” James said. “There isn’t consistency. It is what it is.”