Sitting a player down

[BDevil15]

Does an official have authority to require you to sit out a player for the remainder of a quarter because of something he doesn't like?

This weekend at a team camp the opposing team was full court man pressing after a dead ball and the guy guarding my PG was very physical before the inbounder even had the ball. My PG loves this because he gets to pretend he is a big man so he just holds his ground uses a armbar to create space and easily catches the inbound pass and is fouled. Prior to the ensuing inbound the same activity but the official tells my PG to put his elbows down and waits for him to comply. Then because my PG again created space with what I would have happily accepted as an offensive foul the official hits his whistle and insists that I sit my PG down. No foul just that I remove him from the game.

Of course I complied but it got me to thinking what would happen if I did not? Is there a rule that says that I must comply with an officials request to sit a kid simply because of barely physical play? I think I would much rather just have a ref call an offensive foul or two if he objected to the contact than to immediately bench my player.