{"id":704502,"date":"2026-04-08T03:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704502\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:45:23","slug":"nba-report-says-refs-blew-call-late-in-blazers-nuggets-ot-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704502\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Report Says Refs Blew Call Late in Blazers-Nuggets OT Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaking game to the Denver Nuggets on Monday evening. The final score was 137-132, Denver, in overtime. But before that, the teams were tied at 125 apiece at the end of regulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The rundown of officiating calls tabbed an incorrect whistle against Blazers center Robert Williams III versus Denver center Nikola Jokic with 1:50 remaining in the fourth period. The officials called a personal foul on Williams, resulting in two free throws for Jokic. The report suggests that the actual infraction went the other way:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jokic (DEN) clamps and holds Williams\u2019 (POR) arm, which affects his ability defend the drive. An offensive foul should have been called on Jokic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jokic made both free throws, taking Portland\u2019s lead from 3 points to 1 as the game closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The report judged all other calls and non-calls in the final two minutes of regulation and throughout overtime as correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaking game to the Denver Nuggets on Monday evening. The final score&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,37660,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-704502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers-news","10":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116367034241521449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704502","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=704502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}