On January 20, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season was in full swing. In a just-concluded East Focus game, the Nets beat the Wizards 119-118 on the road. Nets Irving scored 30 points, Aldridge scored 27 points, and Wizards Beal scored 23 points and nine assists.
In the final quarter of the game, the two teams showed a sword-to-sword situation, and each point was crucial. At the same time, there was a controversial scene on the field. At that time, a Pass of the Wizards on the sideline was destroyed by the Nets assistant coach Van de Pure off the court, when the Wizards player DinWiddy passed the ball to Kuzma, van der Poul reached out and touched the basketball, which changed the trajectory of the basketball, and finally touched Kuzma's hand out of bounds!
In the end, the referee blew the Wizards out of bounds, and the Nets got the ball, which also caused dissatisfaction among the Wizards players, but in the end the referee upheld the decision. In the final moments of the game, Kuzma and Dinwiddie deflected three consecutive points, and the Wizards had no choice but to suffer defeat.
After the game, Wizards acting coach Joseph Blair was very dissatisfied, saying: "Impossible (Wizards out of bounds), Van der Pur definitely touched!" My reaction to this sentence is incredible, I have never seen anything like this before! ”
Kuzma's assessment of the round was simple: "That's bullshit! ”
But in any case, the result of the game can no longer be changed. Even if the Nets van der Poole knocked the ball out of bounds, the Wizards could only accept the bitter consequences of defeat.