The Golden State Warriors left his tournament match against Memphis' grizzly gruff with a 121-116 victory on TuesdayBut it is difficult to imagine that one or the other team was satisfied with the officer, especially in the last minutes of the game.
Various decisions of the referees were the subject of conversation throughout the night, and the NBA confirmed that there were problems with His last 2 -minute report Wednesday. The league reported four games as incorrect calls, two benefiting the Warriors and two helping the grizzly ones.
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The most prominent call was the Brandin Podziemski block. With 37 seconds to do, the Warriors wing made an incredible and hunting block on Scotty Pippen Jr. who would have maintained Golden State at the top of four points with the ball.
The referees called a fault on Podziemski, and TV Replay did not support them. The result was two free throws for Pippen, who divided them, and an incorrect decision of the league afterwards.
Draymond Green on Pippen with 1:29, an offensive goalkeeper by the cylinder, immediately after the Green game, also pointed out by the League, a missed shot from Draymond Green on Pippen.
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A call that was not examined, however, was the one on which Kevon Looney was called for a fault on a game when Edey pushed Moses Moody on the ground. It was one of the most criticized calls of the night, but the league said: “Looney initiated contact with Edey's arm, affecting her ability to control the rebound.”
We will let you be the judge.
It is important to emphasize that these are only calls in the last two minutes. There have been many other calls that have been criticized in the other 46 minutes of the game, like these:
The end result of all this officiant was a game in which the two teams combined for 57 attempts to launch Franc, Green and Pippen, both in fault and Edey, Jimmy Butler, Desmond Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Quinten Post are all called for at least four faults.
The officer for the Grizzlies-Warriors was … interesting. (Image photo Eakin Howard / Getty)
(Eakin Howard via Getty Images)
The Warriors ended up victory, thanks to 75 points combined by Butler and Stephen Curry, who posted a vintage form in the fourth quarter to prevent a collapse of Golden State after having led up to 20 points. Their award will be A first round series against the seeded n ° 2 Houston RocketsWhile the Grizzlies will face the winner of the Dallas Mavericks-Sacramento Kings match on Wednesday Friday in Memphis.
The officer was also a secondary intrigue in the other game game on Tuesday, While the Star of Atlanta Hawks, Trae Young, was ejected in the fourth quarter on two technical faults. Referee James Williams said after the match that the second technology was to “make fun of the game”.
