Raptors' Casey demands further explanation after disputed buzzer-beater

The Toronto Raptors weren't about to take Sunday's controversial loss to the Sacramento Kings laying down. After an apparent Terrence Ross game-tying trey looked to force overtime, officials ruled that the game clock was started late on the inbounds play, therefore making time run out before Ross took his shot.

After an angry tirade on the floor that ended with him smashing his clipboard, Raptors coach Dwane Casey remained indignant.

"The explanation was there was a clock malfunction. I've been in coaching now 37 years, college and pros, you know, if it's indisputable, let's play five more," Casey told reporters in Sacramento.

The explanation - confirmed by the refs in the arena and at the NBA Replay Center in New Jersey - of a "clock malfunction" was not enough to appease Casey and the Raptors.

"I gotta hear another explanation better than that, because we viewed it about 10 times in (the locker room) ... I've got to get a better explanation than that."

Casey even suggested the Raptors could file a protest, although he conceded that would be up to general manager Masai Ujiri.

Clocks in NBA arenas are run by operators seated at the scorer's table. Most do the job in a part-time capacity.