Doc Rivers is probably going to get fined by the NBA for saying the Clippers were “robbed” last night in Oklahoma City. That is the kind of comment that crosses the line, no matter how true it might have been.
But what about referee Tony Brothers?
Is he going to be publicly chastised by the league office for saying replays of the ball that clearly went off of Reggie Jackson’s hand were “inconclusive?”
And another thing … if everyone in the arena saw a replay on the Jumbotron that showed the ball going off of Jackson, did the referees see that same replay? Or did they only have access to the replay angles available to the Turner Sports crew that broadcast the game?
There are a million questions to be answered today about the thrilling final seconds of the Thunder-Clippers Game 5, and I fully expect the NBA office to release a “we screwed up” statement from Rod Thorn’s office.
But the most important question in my mind is this: How can the NBA prevent this kind of debacle from happening again?
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