Mark Cuban ripped the NBA refs who officiated his staff’s Wednesday night time sport towards the Warriors, accusing the crew of screwing up a essential name in a vital sport, doubtlessly costing the squad a win (and possibly even a playoff berth), and now his Mavs are protesting the 127-125 loss.
The name in query went down within the waning moments of the third quarter at American Airlines Arena in Dallas, when Warriors heart Kevon Looney had an uncontested dunk on an inbound out of a timeout as a result of the Mavs had been lined up on the incorrect facet of the courtroom, which Cuban blames on the refs.
The Dallas Mavericks plan to file a proper protest of their 127-125 loss to the Warriors to the NBA.
The focus of their protest can be in regards to the referee mistake that led to a large open dunk for Golden State out of a timeout, per @espn_macmahon.
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“For those wondering about the play with 1:54 to go on the 3rd, let me explain what happened,” Cuban tweeted. “The ref called Mavs ball. The announcer announced it. Then there was a timeout. During the time out the official changed the call and never told us.”
He continued … “Then when they saw us line up as if it were our ball, he just gave the ball to the warriors. “Never stated a phrase to us. They bought a simple basketball. Crazy that it could matter in a 2-point sport.”
Cuban known as it the “worst officiating non call mistake possibly in the history of the NBA,” including, “All they had to do was tell us and they didn’t.”
“There was quite a few people out of position,” Mavs head coach Jason Kidd stated. “It’s correctable, but you first have to admit there was a mistake.”
After the sport, crew chief Sean Wright gave the refs facet of the story, and so they’re saying they did not do something incorrect.
“Initially on the floor, the original signal was in fact Golden State ball as this can be seen on video,” Wright instructed The Athletic. “There is a second signal but that signal is for a mandatory timeout that was due to the Mavs.”
And, certain sufficient, video appears to help what the officiating crew is saying.
Meanwhile, GSW coach Steve Kerr stated he was confused when he noticed the Mavs lined up on the opposite finish of the courtroom as a result of he felt it was fairly clear the Warriors had been getting possession of the ball.
Steve Kerr runs by means of his ideas on the Mavs being on the incorrect facet of the courtroom in the course of the weird ATO pic.twitter.com/2bIID0z70m
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Dallas’ loss to GSW might find yourself having large implications on the playoffs … the Mavs fell to ninth within the Western Conference, as groups are nonetheless jockeying for place with just a few common season video games left on the schedule.