On January 1, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the referee report of the Lakers and Timberwolves in the last 2 minutes, a total of 2 missed judgments were suffered by the Lakers, leaking Gobert grabbing Reaves' arm and leaking Downs' defensive interference ball, the Lakers ate two missed judgments in a row in 9 seconds;
The first missed call came with 55 seconds left in the game, when Gobert grabbed Reaves' arm and affected Reaves' defense of Edwards, which should have been whistled for an offensive foul on Gobert, which was a key miss.
The second missed call occurred with 46.4 points left in the game, Towns grabbed the basket while defending, causing the basket and rebound to vibrate, causing the ball to bounce unnaturally, which should blow Thompson for defensive interference, and this time the key missed judgment was still the Lakers' loss.
2.3 seconds before the end of the game, James's key three-point step on the line sparked heated discussions, and the referee's report pointed out that James' initial goal was initially recognized as a 2-point, and after review by NBA replay center officials, there was no clear and conclusive evidence that the on-court penalty was incorrect, so there was no basis to overturn the ruling. When James lifted his heel and jumped up to shoot, replays showed his right foot moving forward, touching the tip of his shoe to the three-point line. For a player to shoot a three-point shot, the player must not touch the three-point line before the shot is made.
The NBA officially determined that James' key three-pointer had crossed the line.
The content of the dispute between James and the referee was exposed, according to the interpretation of lip language experts - after the key three points were judged to be 2 points on the line, James pointed to the screen of the technical station and said angrily: You come and see, come and see; Lao Zhan burst into foul language: That's shit, look at TM's replay! Look at TM's replay! Look at TM's replay!
James sparked a huge controversy about stepping on the three-point line, and James said after the game: This is obviously a three-point shot, my foot is outside the three-point line, you can see that there is space between the foot and the three-point line. If even the replay is going to go wrong, what are we going to do with the replay? Who is in the replay center? Are we letting the robots build Teslas there? What's going on?
Both Ham and Bushy Eyebrows thought it was an absolute miscalculation, and referee Tony Blazes also explained the goal, saying: "From the first moment of the game, we judged it to be two points. After the replay, there was no clear and conclusive evidence to change it to a 3-point shot, so we maintained that it was a 2-point blow.
In this game, the Lakers and the Timberwolves, the No. 1 in the West, fought until the last minute to decide the winner, and Zhan Mei almost led the team to a reversal at the critical moment; James played 38 minutes with illness on the night of his 39th birthday, scoring 26 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals on 10-of-21 shooting, and thick eyebrows scored 33 points, 17 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks; Edwards scored 31 points, Gobert had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and Towns had 9 points and 9 rebounds.