[Winderman] NBA officiating report says timing on allowing three seconds to remain after Butler was fouled was correct. The report says the only incorrect calls in the last two minutes were a missed foul on Gabe Vincent, and a lane violation on Caleb Martin.

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1. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the scoreboard on TNT holds absolutely zero weight on the actual game. The only thing that matters is the clock above the basket.

2. Also said no double dribble was the correct no call

3. if what butler did isnt a double dribble/travel then nothing is anymore. justifying it as losing control is absurd, and makes the rule pointless. thats never been a standard for the call either. i guess players can conveniently lose control of the ball now and to make space.

   all that being said i dont blame it not being called in real time, and im fine with the outcome of course. my gripe is just with it being justified in the report.

4. So forgetting time altogether – the first foul which the report cites the hand on the back is non-shooting. Why was he awarded 3 FTs?

   Also sure the TNT clock carries no weight – what about the one above the basket? See here: https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/1662875337925992453?s=46&t=x423qJLIMQ1-3KqDxYIJMw

   Edit: lol of course downvoted. Celtics fans really pretending like they gutted this one out and weren’t handed said game after blowing a late 10 point lead

   Edit 2: anyone want to explain why 3 FTs were awarded for a non shooting first foul? Anyone?

5. I know lane violations happen all the time but the Heat backcourt players were practically standing next to the Celtics FT shooter on so many occasions. Especially when Kyle Lowry was in the game

6. Why is it so hard for people to understand that the clock on the TV means nothing in these situations and can be inaccurate, that was the time on the game clock.

7. Lmaaaaaaaao loser ass Heat fans crying about the refs all night / day.

8. So I guess Jimmy didn’t double dribble? My lying eyes.

9. Can Heat fans shut up now

10. heat fans in shambles

11. Whats does Eric Lewis say about this?

12. So all the people crying about the Jimmy foul baiting can fuck off now?

13. Jimmy gets hit in the head pretty significantly when he fumbles. I grew up a celtics fan. I don’t think there’s a double dribble call there without considering the arm hitting Jimmy’s head a missed call.

    That whole play was a tough one from a playoff refs standpoint, but it all boils down to bad defense by horford, so I’m okay with how it played out.

14. We are making too much of a big deal of the game clock. The calls favored Boston overall during the whole game but Miami should have accounted for Boston crashing the boards.

15. Thank you for the reminder, Captain Obvious.

16. So no time passed after this point? Like maybe .1 second? BS.[before Jimmy got fouled with 3 seconds on clock](https://twitter.com/haralabob/status/1662665427347185664?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet)

17. The problem is if the foul was at 3 seconds then he shouldn’t have gotten 3 shots… That was way before he did his shooting motion and did nothing to influence the shot.

18. play ball

19. Huh

20. Finally, someone said it! TNT scoreboard be like ‘points don’t matter, just look at our graphics!’

21. I still think Jimmy double dribbled before the contact but they said that he bobbled it. Isn’t bringing the ball up to two hands, bobbling it in the process and picking it back up still double? Or do you have to have complete control over the ball with two hands and drop it to be considered double?

22. Why does the NBA continue to come out and admit how bad their refs are in decisive moments of games, and then do nothing about it? It’s like they are rubbing it in our faces.

23. Devils advocate: if the refs actually did fuck up and give a team that won by 0.1s extra time in a game 6 playoff game, they would absolutely not admit it publicly lol

24. Miami lost. Nothing else to see here.

25. The L2M report is just as subjective as the live calls. They gave them more time to score.

26. >We have investigated ourselves and found no evidence of misconduct that would have changed the outcome

    Huh.

27. People are really making non-controversial things controversial? Like I didn’t even bat an eye when this happened.

28. I want to taste their tears

29. Lane violation could be called on damn near every free throw.