Basketball NBA referees criticized
Ten wrong decisions in the last two minutes
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Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns excitedly argued with one of the referees. The NBA now admits several wrong decisions made by the referees
Quelle: AP/Abbie Parr
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A turbulent final phase in an NBA game makes waves. The league subsequently admitted an unusually high number of refereeing errors. The referees are also in focus in another close game. A protest follows.
Good referees don’t stand out during a game is a rule of thumb that applies across all sports. A team of referees from the NBA, on the other hand, is currently in the public eye. In the game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Charlotte Hornets on Monday, there were said to have been ten wrong decisions by the referees in the last two minutes, as the basketball league has now admitted.
Six errors benefited the Hornets, who won the game 128:125 after a comeback. The Wolves benefited from three bad decisions, plus a foul was assigned to an incorrect Charlotte player.
Minnesota led for a long time, largely because Karl-Anthony Towns delivered a historic performance. The Timberwolves professional scored 44 points in the first half and finished with 62 points. With 4.5 seconds left in the game, with Minnesota trailing by one point, Towns moved to the basket and was hit in the arm by Charlotte’s Leaky Black on a layup attempt. However, the referees did not punish the obvious foul.
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Chris Finch, head coach of the Timberwolves, sharply criticized his team after the lost game. Finch spoke of an “absolutely disgusting performance in terms of defense and immature basketball.” The coach also criticized how his team reacted to Towns’ strong start and didn’t look for the “right plays” later. The fact that the NBA now revealed that Minnesota was clearly at a disadvantage in the final phase no longer helped Finch.
Portland protests
Another team lodged a protest with the NBA. The Portland Trail Blazers are challenging the result of their 111-109 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday evening, sports channel ESPN reports. The Blazers claim that coach Chauncey Billups – with his team’s score at 109-108 – clearly called a timeout on the sideline before a referee whistled off a double dribble by Malcolm Brogdon with 15.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Billups reacted angrily when the referees didn’t honor his timeout request. Portland’s coach received two technical fouls and was sent off in the final seconds of the game.
Portland coach Chauncey Billups rages against the referees and is then sent off
Quelle: AP/Nate Billings
“We have timeouts,” Billups said afterward. “The referees are usually prepared for such situations. This is just frustrating. My boys played too hard for that. It’s a frustrating game.” After the game, Bill Kennedy, the game’s head referee, explained that Billups was not given a time-out because the referee in charge was focused on the play in front of him, which made it “difficult” for him. Billups’ request to hear or see.
Oklahoma’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ultimately converted one of two technical free throws to make it 109:109, before Jalen Williams even gave the Thunder the victory with a goal with 2.1 seconds left.