In the final seconds of Game 5 of the Cavs-Pacer game, Victor Oladipo put up a go-ahead lay-up off the back board with about five seconds left, and LeBron blocked the ball off the glass, after the ball had already touched the backboard.
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What you see above here is what is known as a “goaltend.”
Today, the NBA released its last-two-minute report, and admitted that the Refs missed the call.
Last night, Oladipo even had some choice words for the missed-call in his post game:
Victor Oladipo says LeBron James' block on his late layup was a goaltend… and he thinks he also was fouled on the drive.
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— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) April 26, 2018
However, in this same last-two-minute report, the NBA also admitted that the Referees mistakenly called a turnover on LeBron with 27.6 seconds left, so the Cavs should have retained possession of the ball.
In sum, while Oladipo might have a legitimate gripe with the no-call, he probably never should have had the ball to even get a no-call in the first place.
So the calls kind of evened out. Well kind of…
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