Finals G2 referee report: Only one missed decision in the last two minutes The Titan defended for three seconds and the Nuggets suffered
On June 6, Beijing time, the NBA officially released the referee report of the final two minutes of the G2 finals. Reports show that there was only one missed decision in the final two minutes of the game, and Adebayo's defense missed three seconds, and it was the Nuggets who suffered. In the end, the Heat took advantage of the late burst to beat the Nuggets 111-108 to tie the overall score 1-1. Although there was only one missed penalty in the final two minutes, some of the penalties before the game caused controversy, and US media CBS once complained that the Heat earned 5 points.
The only missed decision in the last two minutes came 1 minute and 59 seconds before the end of the game. Adebayo stayed in his own box for more than three seconds without actively defending a player, a missed three-second violation that the Heat profited and the Nuggets suffered.
The referee's report stated that apart from this one, there were no other mistakes in the last two minutes of the game. However, before the referee's report was released, American media CBS Sports wrote an article questioning the obvious omission of G2, allowing the Heat to earn 5 points. The two missed judgments pointed out in the article were not in the last two minutes, but they also occurred in the second half -
The first missed judgment mentioned by CBS occurred earlier in the third quarter. Butler rushed into the box, attracted the defender and passed the ball to the open Vincent, who hit a three-pointer. The three-point shot allowed the Heat to narrow the gap to two. Before the pass, Butler's right foot stepped on the line, a missed ball out of bounds, and Vinson's three points should have been invalidated. This missed judgment allowed the Heat to earn 3 points in vain.
The second missed decision mentioned by CBS occurred 4 and a half minutes before the end of the game. Murray throws a throw, and Adebayo completes the block. However, slow motion shows that when Adebayo touches the ball, the ball has passed its highest point and is in a falling state. Therefore, it was a defensive interference violation that should have awarded Murray two points.
In the first two matches of the finals, the two sides drew 1-1, and G3 will be played in Miami. The penalty decisions in the first two games still caused some controversy, the G1 free throw gap was 20-2, and the Heat only made two free throws in the whole game, the lowest record in the Finals; Several obvious misses of G2 made the US media cry out for the Nuggets. In the third game, will the referee's decision still cause heated discussion? Let's wait and see.