Except that's not the deal. I've been an official and part of the job is to exercise good judgment and reasonable restraint. I never heard or saw an official give a tech for just trying to break up a "coffee break" and get back to work. This is even more the case given this game situation...game over but for the score, less than two minutes, no scuffles or fights, etc. There was never anything in the rulebook that talked about this.
I don't know what was said. But I can assure you that tech had nothing to do with breaking up a party. That would only ever happen if players were flatly refusing to move along after a reasonable amount of time. No, this was directed right at Murray for some perceived act or magic word the ref claims to have observed.
