The Dallas Mavericks defeated the LA Clippers by a final score of 96-93 in game two, tying the series at 1-1. The NBA has released its final two-minute report for this game, and it includes two big missed calls during the sequence.
The first missed call in the report in the final two minutes came with 1:54 left when Maxi Kleber should have been called for a shooting foul against Ivica Zubac. The Clippers did not score on this possession.
The last missed call on the report in the final two minutes came with 24 seconds left when Russell Westbrook tried to intentionally foul PJ Washington to stop the clock. The officials missed Westbrook’s initial foul, allowing two extra seconds to elapse and Derrick Jones Jr. to go to the free throw line instead of Washington.
Every call is huge in a game decided by a single possession, and both were big misses at the time. Even though the Clippers didn’t benefit from officiating in the final two minutes, they had several chances to win this game without one or two missed calls having a major impact. There were some legitimate gripes leveled at the referees throughout the game, but the Clippers simply didn’t execute well enough to get the win.
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