Knight G2 unjustly killed! The referee's report announced three missed decisions: Harry's penalty violation + the Titan's deduction was invalid

On May 8, Beijing time, the NBA officially released the referee report for the last two minutes of the Pacers vs Cavaliers, which showed that there were three missed judgments in the last two minutes of the game. Nesmith's dunk should have been invalid, and when Haliburton made a key free throw, the two sides violated the line early, and the referee did not blow the penalty, which may have changed the final result. The specific omissions are as follows-

The first missed call came with 48 seconds left when Siakam missed a free throw and Nesmith burst into the box to score a dunk. The referee's report noted that before the free throw was taken, several players from both sides entered the restricted area and crossed the three-point line. In this case, the goal shall be disallowed and the jump ball shall be played in the centre circle. Obviously, this omission cost the knights.

The second missed decision came with 15 seconds left in the game, when Mitchell did not actively defend an opposing player for more than three seconds in the box, which was a missed three-second violation.

The third missed call came with 12.4 seconds left in the race. Haliburton missed the free throw before the three-point shot, and the referee reported that before he made the free throw, multiple players went to the free throw area and crossed the three-point line, whileHaliburton crossed the vertical plane where the free-throw line was before the ball touched the basket。 In this case, a penalty should have been made and a jump ball should have been played in midfield. In other words, Haliburton's frontcourt rebound should have been ineffective. The knights also suffered a big loss.

In the end, the Pacers magically played a wave of 8-0 in the last 48 seconds to achieve a comeback and narrowly beat the Cavaliers by one point. However, judging from the referee's report, Nesmith's dunk should have been invalid, and Haliburton's frontcourt rebound should have not appeared. Such a crucial miss is indeed likely to change the course of the game, and the Cavaliers may have unjustly killed a game.