{"id":595695,"date":"2026-02-11T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595695\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:08:15","slug":"nba-clarifies-controversial-calls-at-end-of-cavs-win-over-nuggets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/595695\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA clarifies controversial calls at end of Cavs win over Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">First, the referees didn\u2019t call a foul on James Harden\u2019s three-pointer to tie the game with 33 seconds left. Tim Hardaway Jr. took away Harden\u2019s landing space on the jumper, which usually is called a defensive foul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The foul didn\u2019t come, and that was supposedly the correct call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/official.nba.com\/l2m\/L2MReport.html?gameId=0022500767\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last Two Minute Report states<\/a>: \u201cHarden (CLE) abnormally extends his leg as he returns to the floor to create the marginal lower body contact with Hardaway Jr. (DEN).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I\u2019m not sure if I agree with that one. Harden does extend his legs out when he\u2019s shooting, but Hardaway is landing exactly where Harden took off from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Moving on, the NBA also agrees that Donovan Mitchell was fouled by Jamal Murray on his shot attempt with less than a second left. These two free throws led to the Cleveland victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Murray was late to the spot, but I\u2019m not sure if he initiated contact. A no-call would\u2019ve seemed acceptable given the time and score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The NBA did confirm that there was one missed call in the final two minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jaylon Tyson should\u2019ve been whistled for a three-second violation on a late Nikola Jokic turnover. <a href=\"https:\/\/official.nba.com\/last-two-minute-report\/?gameNo=0022500767&amp;eventNum=2170\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From the replay<\/a>, it\u2019s clear that Tyson was camped out in the lane, and you can hear someone on the court yelling out that it should\u2019ve been a three-second violation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">All in all, the Cavs don\u2019t have much to complain about here, especially after they got the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First, the referees didn\u2019t call a foul on James Harden\u2019s three-pointer to tie the game with 33 seconds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[7,147,301,187,3943,6,302],"class_list":{"0":"post-595695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavs-news","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-nuggets","12":"tag-denvernuggets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nuggets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116049327270052309","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595695","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=595695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}