NBA admits to 9 blown calls in final 7 minutes of Heat-Pacers
The Miami Heat held on for an overtime win Monday night, despite seemingly competing against both the Indiana Pacers and the referees.
In its Last Two Minute Report released Tuesday, the NBA announced that upon review, the game's officials made nine incorrect calls or non-calls across the final two minutes of regulation and the five-minute overtime period. Eight of those blown calls benefited the Pacers.
According to the report, Indiana escaped justice for the following infractions, in chronological order: Paul George traveled, George committed a loose-ball foul, Monta Ellis failed to inbound the ball in less than five seconds, George touched the ball while he was out of bounds, George Hill set an illegal screen, Ellis jumped into his defender, George tripped over himself but his defender was whistled for a foul, and finally, Ian Mahinmi set a moving screen.
The one blown call that benefited the Heat was a missed moving screen by Justise Winslow.
Thankfully, the myriad gaffes didn't ultimately affect the outcome, as the Heat hung tough to beat the Pacers 101-93.