NBA cops to 5 missed calls in crazy finish to Spurs-Thunder Game 2Let 'er rip:
• Manu Ginobili stepped on the sideline while defending Dion Waiters' attempted inbounds pass. There was some debate as to whether Ginobili was "on" or "over" the boundary, and what that could/should mean, but the league office says that should have resulted in a delay of game violation which, in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, constitutes a technical foul, giving the inbounding team one free throw and the ball back with another chance to throw it in.
• Waiters, now infamously, leaned over and forearm-shivered Ginobili back to create enough space to make an inbounds pass. That, as Mauer said after the game, should have been an offensive foul for crossing the out-of-bounds plane to affect Ginobili's "ability to defend," which is the nicest description of a forearm to the sternum I've ever heard.
• Spurs guard Patty Mills grabbed and held Thunder center Steven Adams, "affecting his [freedom of motion] during the inbounds play." That should have been a personal foul on Mills.
• Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard grabbed the jersey of Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook. That should have been a personal foul on Leonard.
• Thunder forward Serge Ibaka grabbed the jersey of Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge, affecting his shot attempt after San Antonio had forced a turnover after the ball was inbounded. That should have been a personal foul on Ibaka.
So, five incorrect no-calls in 13.5 seconds. Not great, Bob!
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/nba-cops-to-5-missed-calls-in-crazy-finish-to-spurs-thunder-game-2-203252731.html
