{"id":630651,"date":"2026-02-28T17:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/630651\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:21:18","slug":"nba-referees-made-2-mistakes-in-final-1-minute-of-rockets-magic-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/630651\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Referees Made 2 Mistakes in Final 1 Minute of Rockets-Magic Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Rockets<\/a> took down the Orlando Magic<\/a> 113-108 during their showdown at Kia Center on Thursday. Kevin Durant<\/a> was sensational in the contest, dropping 40 points on 14-of-28 shooting.<\/p>\n

Durant scored 26 points in the second half, helping Houston erase a 19-point lead in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

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Orlando went up 76-57 with 5:04 left in the penultimate period following a Paolo Banchero dunk. However, the Rockets went on a 21-0 run in the next three and a half minutes to turn things around. During that span, KD contributed eight points, while Reed Sheppard scored 11.<\/p>\n

With his performance, Durant made history as the sixth player to reach 32,000 points. He also tied NBA<\/a> legend Kobe Bryant<\/a> for the fifth-most 30-point games<\/a> ever with 431, per ESPN Insights.<\/p>\n

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Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant looks up during a game.Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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While it was an incredible showing from Durant and the Rockets, the NBA referees made things a little more difficult for them due to their officiating.<\/p>\n

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According to the NBA’s Last 2 Minute Report<\/a>, there were two incorrect non-calls during the final minute of the game, both of which went against the Rockets.<\/p>\n

With around 56 seconds left, Alperen Sengun took a shot while being guarded by Paolo Banchero. The Rockets center missed and Banchero eventually got the rebound.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the NBA revealed that Tristan da Silva should have been called for a loose-ball foul during the sequence. Da Silva was battling for positioning<\/a> with Rockets guard Josh Okogie, but the second-year Magic forward was seen holding and pushing Okogie back.<\/p>\n

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“da Silva (ORL) faces up with Okogie (HOU) and impedes his pursuit of the rebound,” the NBA commented.<\/p>\n

The Rockets were only up by four points during that moment, so it was definitely a crucial miss. Had it been called, Houston would have gotten two free throws because the Magic were already in a penalty situation.<\/p>\n

The referees’ next mistake came with 22.1 seconds left. Anthony Black was inbounding the ball<\/a> for the Magic after a timeout and was eventually able to get it in play, but he apparently took more than five seconds to do it.<\/p>\n

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Black should have been called for a five-second inbound violation, which would have resulted in a Rockets possession. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.<\/p>\n

“Black (ORL) does not inbound the ball within five seconds,” the NBA explained in the report.<\/p>\n

It’s fortunate that the Rockets were able to secure the victory, improving to 37-21 on the season. However, those officiating errors would have been frustrating had Houston lost such a close game.<\/p>\n

Houston can only move on and hope for better officiating. They play the Miami Heat<\/a> on Saturday before facing the Washington Wizards<\/a>, Golden State Warriors<\/a>, Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> and San Antonio Spurs<\/a> next week.<\/p>\n

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Related: NBA Admits 3 Missed Calls in Lakers-Magic Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Feb 28, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Rockets took down the Orlando Magic 113-108 during their showdown at Kia Center on Thursday. Kevin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[1307,1130,7,12564,164,194,6356,938,1536,48,189,6,1417,47,76,3883,402,471,1081,474,1253,468],"class_list":["post-630651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando-magic","tag-alperen-sengun","tag-anthony-black","tag-basketball","tag-da-silva","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-houston-rockets","tag-josh-okogie","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-magic","tag-miami-heat","tag-nba","tag-officiating","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic","tag-paolo-banchero","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-reed-sheppard","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-tristan-da-silva","tag-washington-wizards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116149413473914874","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630651","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=630651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}