Pelicans coach Williams says Oracle is illegally loud

OAKLAND, Calif., April 20 (UPI) -- Golden State Warriors fans are apparently doing too good of a job, according to New Orleans coach Monty Williams. Before game 2, Williams spoke about the crowd noise being a bit too loud on the road.

"I'm not so sure the decibel level is legal, and I'm serious," Williams told ESPN's Tom Haberstroh. "They've done studies on that. For the competition committee, there's got to be something to that. It does get a little out of hand. Their fans, I've talked about it for years, they have some of the best fans in the league."

Williams would go on to talk about loud music before the game that the team can hear from the locker room. But he said after a few minutes of the distractions, "it's just basketball."

After falling 106-99 Saturday to the Warriors, the Pelicans tipoff at 10:30 p.m. Monday on TNT. The Warriors are 40-2 this season at home.