“What did they whistle?” » If Reggie Miller asked the question like this on the TNT microphone, during the commentary of the match, it is because the answer did not seem natural to him. Indeed, there are eleven seconds left to play, the Suns have just come back to two points. LeBron James finds Austin Reaves for the throw-in.
The Lakers back is taken two by Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. He seems to lose control of the ball. At the same time, LeBron James requests a time-out, which the referees grant.
“The whole world and other players on social media saw it. This is how. The referees miss the whistle sometimes. It's hard “, reacted Devin Bookerwho did not swallow this decision. “When there is such anticipation around a match, we are not asking for favoritism, but a fair chance. »
The Suns guard told the men in gray that the Lakers were not able to call a timeout. Did he get a response? “No, they just looked at me…”he says.
Referees believe Austin Reaves was in control
Same anger from Frank Vogel, who did not understand the arbitration decision and saw Los Angeles qualify for the Final Four of the NBA Tournament.
“We cannot take a time-out on a lost ball. It is not possible “rails the Phoenix coach for Yahoo Sports. “If there is a whistle, I don’t see why we can’t go back. I know it's not a foul or an out, with a challenge, but if a whistle comes inadvertently, the referee can decide it's a mistake and overturn it. This is extremely disappointing. »
The referees of the match communicated on this decision which has already caused a lot of ink to flow. According to Josh Tiven's response, the officials did not make a mistake.
“During this action, the referee judged that Los Angeles was still in possession of the ball when LeBron James called a timeout. Review of the slow-motion postgame video showed that Austin Reaves had his left hand on the ball while it was trapped against his left leg, which constitutes control. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Kevin Durant | 18 | 36.6 | 51.2 | 49.4 | 89.6 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 31.0 |
| Devin Booker | 11 | 34.2 | 47.2 | 39.7 | 93.3 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 27.9 |
| Bradley Beal | 3 | 28.5 | 39.1 | 33.3 | 68.8 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 17.3 |
| Eric Gordon | 18 | 31.6 | 47.2 | 41.3 | 78.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 14.7 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 20 | 27.9 | 46.8 | 26.0 | 75.0 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 12.1 |
| Grayson Allen | 18 | 32.8 | 48.6 | 46.5 | 87.9 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 11.8 |
| Josh Okogie | 20 | 22.1 | 42.9 | 25.6 | 77.6 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| Drew Eubanks | 19 | 17.9 | 58.1 | 100.0 | 83.3 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 6.7 |
| Jordan Goodwin | 20 | 17.1 | 39.0 | 35.1 | 81.3 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 6.3 |
| Keita Bates Diop | 17 | 19.5 | 41.7 | 28.1 | 76.7 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
| Nassir Little | 14 | 15.1 | 48.2 | 31.3 | 87.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 5.6 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 15 | 18.0 | 36.4 | 36.5 | 69.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 5.1 |
| Chimezie Metu | 11 | 7.1 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| Saben Lee | 3 | 3.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 2 | 4.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Bowl Bowl | 3 | 2.2 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
