If you were watching the Houston-Portland game late Sunday night, you may have thrown something at your television set in disgust when Dwight Howard’s sixth foul was called. Yes, even if you are a Trail Blazers fan.
The call was so egregiously wrong, it was heinous.
Well, today, the NBA has owned up to the mistake — marking the second time in as many days that the league office has issued a statement acknowledging a grievous error.
From the office of Rod Thorn, President of Basketball Operations: “After video review by the league office, we have determined that the officials were incorrect in assessing a foul to the Rockets’ Dwight Howard with 10.8 seconds remaining in overtime. The foul should have been called on the Blazers’ Joel Freeland, and Howard should have been awarded two free throws.”
To view the play, click on this link.
For more on the horrendous officiating that took place over the weekend, check out this interview with CineSport’s Noah Coslov.