NBA Is Affected by Divisive Calls during the Celtics-Cavaliers FinalThe 11-game winning streak for the Boston Celtics ended on Tuesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The visitors, ahead 16 points going into the last quarter, “didn’t mash the gas,” as Jaylen Brown described it. As the hosts made 8/11 threes in the fourth quarter, they let up, which resulted in sluggish rotations and late games.
Dean Wade led the way, scoring 20 points in the final 12 minutes while making all five of his shots from beyond the arc and shooting 7/7 from the field.
With 19 seconds remaining, Cleveland, who had previously trailed by 22 points in the fourth quarter, led 105-104 thanks to his put-back of a missed basket by Darius Garland.
With 4.6 seconds left in the game, the Celtics took their time moving the ball up the floor, and both they and the officials failed to call a timeout. Jayson Tatum then seemed to merit a trip to the free-throw line with his team trailing by one with 0.1 seconds remaining.
After a review, however, it was found that Tatum’s leg extension was the primary cause of the marginal contact, and the Cavaliers were victorious in their challenge.The 11-game winning streak for the Boston Celtics ended on Tuesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
The visitors, ahead 16 points going into the last quarter, “didn’t mash the gas,” as Jaylen Brown described it. As the hosts made 8/11 threes in the fourth quarter, they let up, which resulted in sluggish rotations and late games.
Dean Wade led the way, scoring 20 points in the final 12 minutes while making all five of his shots from beyond the arc and shooting 7/7 from the field.
With 19 seconds remaining, Cleveland, who had previously trailed by 22 points in the fourth quarter, led 105-104 thanks to his put-back of a missed basket by Darius Garland.
With 4.6 seconds left in the game, the Celtics took their time moving the ball up the floor, and both they and the officials failed to call a timeout. Jayson Tatum then seemed to merit a trip to the free-throw line with his team trailing by one with 0.1 seconds remaining.
After a review, however, it was found that Tatum’s leg extension was the primary cause of the marginal contact, and the Cavaliers were victorious in their challenge.A day later, in its final two-minute report for Tuesday’s game between two of the top three seeds in the Eastern Conference, the NBA stated the following on that reversed call.
Leave a Reply