The NBA released the final two-minute report for this game The Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets played a great game on Wednesday night, but some of the officiating was poor certainly had an impact on the match.
The NBA has released the Final Two Minute Report for this game and includes a crucial missed call with less than a minute remaining.
After three misses by Chris Paul with 57 seconds left, Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon deflected the ball in the box from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who was fouled, and made two free throws.
It was a great play that put the Nuggets within five points with less than a minute remaining; However, Caldwell-Pope’s free throw should never have happened, as the NBA admitted that Gordon went out of bounds before saving the ball.
Had this been called correctly, Golden State would have been given possession with 53 seconds remaining, down just three points.
While this is the only missed call on the Last Two Minute Report, it’s certainly not the only missed call in the fourth quarter, as the officials also missed a clear goaltending violation when Gordon blocked Steph Curry’s layup after it hit the glass.
With this occurring outside of the final two minutes, it was not included in the report, but was an undeniable missed call.
Between the missed goaltending call and the missed out of bounds call, there is no denying the Warriors were on the wrong end of some crucial mistakes by the officiating crew in this one.
