On April 21, Beijing time, the NBA officially released the referee report for the last two minutes of the Clippers vs Nuggets, which showed that there was only one missed judgment in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter and the last two minutes of overtime. This omission was that the Clippers suffered a loss, and the Nuggets profited. However, the Nuggets reporter also said that there was no mention of Jokic and Van Gundy stealing the ball in this referee report.
The referee's report stated that there were no errors or omissions in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter. The only missed call came with 51.7 seconds left in overtime, when Gordon of the Nuggets' lifted his leg to make contact with Leonard's arm as he struggled for a rebound, causing Leonard to lose his balance. It was a foul that leaked, and the Clippers suffered a loss and the Nuggets profited. At that time, Xiaoka was dissatisfied and complained to the referee that he was fouled, but the referee ignored it and only decided that Xiaoka touched the ball out of bounds.
Other than thatNuggets reporter Benedetto pointed out that in the last two minutes of the referee's report, there was no mention of Jokic and Van Gundy stealing the ball.And this rather controversial round took place within the scope of the judge's report.
That was with 32.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, when Murray defended a small card and sent the opponent out of bounds. The referee's report noted that Murray reached out to touch the ball cleanly while defending Leonard, who was the last player to touch the ball before it went out of bounds. The Clippers coach chose the challenge, and the replay review ruled that the challenge failed.
However, a controversial scene after the ball went out of bounds, with Clippers assistant coach Van Gundy clinging to the ball and fighting Jokic, was also captured on camera. At that time, Jokic tried to serve quickly, and the Clippers coaching staff led by Van Gundy held the ball in order to try to show the replay to the assistant coach and determine if he could challenge it, giving birth to the scene of Jokic and Van Gundy fighting for the ball.
After the game, Jokic said that this should not happen and that the NBA is trying to emphasize speeding up the pace of the game. However, the NBA referee report did not characterize this scene.
As for Wei Shao's key defense, the referee's report also determined that there was no problem, Wei Shao successfully interfered with the Clippers' serve, and the ball finally touched Harden and went out of bounds, and Wei Shao did not foul.
In the end, the Clippers lost to the Nuggets 110-112 and fell behind 0-1 in the playoffs.