The NBA took a little while to get to their Monday games, but they’ve officially listed the Last 2 Minute Reports for Monday night’s games. The Golden State Warriors’ heartbreaking loss to former teammate Chris Boucher and the Toronto Raptors qualified for the Last 2 Minute Report, which runs a comb through all the plays in the final two minutes of close games, to judge which calls and non-calls were made correctly or incorrectly. While the game had drama, it did not have controversy. The Warriors went the old fashioned route and threw the game away fair and square, and the refs agree. Of the 14 incidents in the last two minutes that the NBA reviewed, the league office determined that all 14 were accurately called or non-called. That includes Buddy Hield’s three-point attempt in the final seconds. With the Warriors inbounding the ball and down by three, it was reasonable to expect Toronto to foul. Hield got a shot off from straightaway very quickly and, perhaps hoping to draw that contact, didn’t end up putting in his best effort, with the ball going out of bands after missing the rim entirely. It was the final shot in a tough-shooting effort for Hield, who slid into the starting lineup due to Draymond Green’s absence, but shot just 3-for-13 from the field. In labeling the absence of a whistle on Hield’s shot as a correct non-call, the league explained that, “Barrett (TOR) legally contests Hield’s (GSW) jump shot attempt.” Succinct and accurate.

NBA releases Last 2 Minute Report for Warriors vs. Raptors

The NBA took a little while to get to their Monday games, but they’ve officially listed the Last 2 Minute Reports for Monday night’s games. The Golden State Warriors’ heartbreaking loss to former teammate Chris Boucher and the Toronto Raptors qualified for the Last 2 Minute Report, which runs a comb through all the plays […]

The NBA took a little while to get to their Monday games, but they’ve officially listed the Last 2 Minute Reports for Monday night’s games. The Golden State Warriors’ heartbreaking loss to former teammate Chris Boucher and the Toronto Raptors qualified for the Last 2 Minute Report, which runs a comb through all the plays in the final two minutes of close games, to judge which calls and non-calls were made correctly or incorrectly.
That includes Buddy Hield’s three-point attempt in the final seconds. With the Warriors inbounding the ball and down by three, it was reasonable to expect Toronto to foul. Hield got a shot off from straightaway very quickly and, perhaps hoping to draw that contact, didn’t end up putting in his best effort, with the ball going out of bands after missing the rim entirely. It was the final shot in a tough-shooting effort for Hield, who slid into the starting lineup due to Draymond Green’s absence, but shot just 3-for-13 from the field.
In labeling the absence of a whistle on Hield’s shot as a correct non-call, the league explained that, “Barrett (TOR) legally contests Hield’s (GSW) jump shot attempt.” Succinct and accurate.
While the game had drama, it did not have controversy. The Warriors went the old fashioned route and threw the game away fair and square, and the refs agree. Of the 14 incidents in the last two minutes that the NBA reviewed, the league office determined that all 14 were accurately called or non-called.