report for Sixers-Knicks<\/a> is out, let\u2019s go through the more controversial calls from the end of that one.<\/p>\n33.3 seconds to play: Offensive foul called on Jalen Brunson overturned upon challenge review to an away-from-the-play defensive foul on VJ Edgecombe<\/p>\n
On the floor: The call here was originally an offensive foul on Jalen Brunson for the contact with VJ Edgecombe. However, the Knicks challenged and, after review, the call was changed. It was determined by officials that Edgecombe\u2019s contact with Brunson preceded Brunson\u2019s hook on the rookie, changing the outcome to an away-from-the-play foul (since the ball had not been inbounded yet) on Edgecombe.<\/p>\n
The impact: This was a monumental swing, as it not only meant taking possession away from the Sixers and giving it back to the Knicks, but gave New York a free throw as well. Brunson hit the free throw, extending their lead to four points \u2014 a two possession game.<\/p>\n
In the L2M report: The report calls the decision made after the review to be a correct call.<\/p>\n
\u201cReplay review of the foul called on Brunson (NYK) pursuant to a coach\u2019s challenge was deemed successful. Edgecombe (PHI) extends his arms outward and initiates illegal contact with Brunson (NYK) off-ball, which affects his FOM. The contact from Edgecombe to Brunson occurs first and prior to any from Brunson.\u201d<\/p>\n
In short, they agree that the challenge outcome changing the foul from Brunson to Edgecombe was correct by game officials.<\/p>\n
9.9 seconds to play: Defensive foul called on Paul George overturned upon challenge review to a clean defensive play with Sixers having imminent possession<\/p>\n
On the floor: This was originally called a defensive foul on Paul George. Nick Nurse challenged and, after review, the defense by PG was determined to be clean and the Sixers\u2019 had imminent possession (clear possession immediately following the incorrect whistle) by way of Edgecombe catching the rebound.<\/p>\n
The impact: Hindsight is always 20\/20 of course, but even in real time PG seemed to be pretty damn vertical on this shot contest. If anything, it was certainly more obvious that the Edgecombe\/Brunson play. This nearly gave the Knicks free throws to extend their lead back to two possessions.<\/p>\n
The call was changed ultimately in the Sixers favor, but at the cost of the team\u2019s second challenge and final timeout as well as the stoppage of play itself halting a Sixers\u2019 possible counter attack when Edgecombe had grabbed the rebound.<\/p>\n
In the L2m report: The report called the final decision, the one made after review that George had not committed a foul, was a correct non-call.<\/p>\n
\u201cReplay review of the foul called on George (PHI) pursuant to a coach\u2019s challenge was deemed successful. George (PHI) maintains verticality and absorbs the contact that occurs during Anunoby\u2019s (NYK) layup attempt.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, the post-challenge decision was deemed correct, meaning the initial call was wrong.<\/p>\n
5.8 seconds to play: No defensive foul called with Landry Shamet appearing to be trying to intentionally foul Tyrese Maxey<\/p>\n
(Another thing to get out of the way very quickly: intentional foul or not, I think Maxey\u2019s decision to heave this up and hope for the call was an extremely poor one. Even if you feel that contact, it\u2019s a huge risk to rely on the whistle in that game-defining situation, plus there was enough time to just try to get a better look for the shot.)<\/p>\n
On the floor: No foul was called on the floor and game played on, with Maxey\u2019s airball heave landing out of bounds and giving the Knicks possession with time quickly running out.<\/p>\n
The impact: This call, or lack thereof, made the difference between Maxey shooting two (if the defensive foul was called on the floor) or three free throws (if the foul was called as during Maxey\u2019s shooting motion) and the Sixers getting zero free throws while losing possession with only a few seconds left to play.<\/p>\n
In the L2M report: This was crucially determined to be an incorrect non-call by the game officials in the report. \u201cShamet (NYK) extends his arms forward and initiates illegal contact with Maxey\u2019s (PHI) body in attempt to commit a take foul.\u201d At the time, the Sixers were already in the bonus. Even if they called it a take foul on the floor, Maxey should have been shooting from the line.<\/p>\n
3.0 seconds to play\/end of game: No defensive foul called with Jalen Brunson appearing to be trying to intentionally foul Joel Embiid<\/p>\n
On the floor: No foul was called on the floor as Joel Embiid grabbed the rebound from Brunson\u2019s missed free throw and turned up court. Brunson appeared to possible commit an intentional foul-type grab of tapping the arm and back of Embiid before Embiid threw the ball forward, but the officials did not observe or call a foul on the play. This one, in my opinion, would have been a much closer call than the missed one on Shamet.<\/p>\n
The impact: To state the obvious: it ended the game. The Sixers had somewhat of an opportunity, with Joel Embiid coming up with the rebound on Brunson\u2019s missed free throw, leaving the Sixers five seconds down three points. Is it a great opportunity? Maybe not. But an opportunity nonetheless.<\/p>\n
With no call on the play, the bounce pass attempt from Embiid to Maxey was intercepted by OJ Anunoby and game clock hit zero.<\/p>\n
In the L2M report: The report says this was a correct non-call from the officials. \u201cThere is no clear and conclusive angle that confirms Brunson\u2019s (NYK) contact is to Embiid\u2019s (PHI) wrist\/arm and not to the ball or the part of Embiid\u2019s hand that is in contact with the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
What did you think about the officiating from the last few minutes of the Sixers and Knicks contest? Which calls do you think they got right? Wrong? Are you satisfied by their explanations? Let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final minute or so of the Saturday afternoon contest between the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,6,678,207,3817,5902,53538],"class_list":{"0":"post-561083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-76ers","8":"tag-76ers","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","13":"tag-philadelphia76ers","14":"tag-sixers-analysis","15":"tag-sixers-videos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115959166858837848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}