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NBA office, referees disagree on facts regarding L2M protocol

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Nobody seems to be getting along with NBA referees this season.

While the refs' simmering tensions with the league's players have been well-documented, they're also apparently engaged in a dispute with the league office over the protocol surrounding the ever-controversial Last Two Minute reports.

The Referees' Association has long been critical of the reports, contending that they throw officials under the bus without actually improving the officiating process, and without benefiting refs, players, or fans.

On Thursday, the official NBA Referees Twitter account took that a step further, specifically criticizing the NBA for the process by which the league office reviews the calls and non-calls that are retroactively evaluated for accuracy in the reports. Specifically, the refs are upset that the people involved in the reviews don't have NBA officiating experience.

The NBA office clapped back Friday, taking umbrage with the referees' suggestion that the reviewers are trained differently than on-court officials, or that they operate without requisite oversight.

The NBA produces tons of fabulous, petty beefs each season. We likely haven't heard the last of this one.

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