[Highlight] Desmond Bane gets fouled and makes the game-winning free throws with 6.9 seconds remaining in regulation, as Jamal Murray misses the potential game winner at the other end (with a replay)
Thats marginal contact at best, according to how they’ve called it historically. The inconsistency with NBA refs is inexcusable.
Refs did that all night. Both teams were in the penalty with 7:25 to go in the 4th. Was hard to watch.
At least they kept it consistent on both ends, I guess…
I guess, but man it was bad.
They usually drop the act in clutch time but for some reason they didnt for Orlando. That 1 ref was absolutely dead set on Orlando winning this game. It’s so weird when refs blow the whistle on marginal contact INSTANTLY. They don’t even wait for a potential foul to happen. Even players are surprised.. “Like dam.. Guess i’m going to the line”. The SGA special. It’s genuinely like they are waiting for a opportunity to whistle. Shit tier reffing.
This was the worst game I’ve seen all year. (Is what I say nearly every game I watch now)
I hate the call too, and the way the game is called in general. However, Brown shouldn’t have extended his arm into Bane like that, because it allowed Bane to do the “rip through” move which is technically a foul. See right here: https://imgur.com/a/E97OmcP
I agree that it’s a soft call in this situation but still, can’t let someone pull that over on you in that spot
This capture was helpful, thanks
Damn youre right but it sucks ass that this is a foul
Not only did he get 100% of his arm here but their feet got tangled as well. When an offensive player with the ball gets tripped it’s always called. It’s a clear foul up high and down low. Using “situation” as an excuse is BS. So the defender gets an advantage is the “situation” bc they should be allowed to foul?
Jokic got a “rip through” off a defensive rebound 95 feet from the basketball like 50 seconds before this and got free throws. I don’t see Nugget fans complaining about that or the fact that the Magic also won challenges too.
This was in no way foul legit defense by Brown , it makes me so pissed. Bane gets rewarded for falling and flopping into player ?? How are you supposed to play defense if this is not good defense ? Bane tripped himself and got rewarded
Right before this Nuggets challenged 2 calls and were successful if we could we would have won third challenge in a row also. But refs wanted us to lose clearly .. Why dont they review plays in last minute that have huge impact?
I swear Denver has worst whistle out of top contending teams , there were many bad calls throughout of game. Jokic,Murray getting clearly fouled slaps on arms were no calls but Banes gets winning FT’s for this
honestly i think that would’ve been a no call in the 90s
I like how you can just run into defenders into this sport and get the call
Only if you fall and throw the ball towards the hoop and pray
If you ram into a defender in a legal guarding position, isn’t that an offensive foul?
There’s no such thing as legal guarding position anymore, the refs just call them based on vibes
Whatever legal guarding position is, I don’t understand it and am not sure it actually exists.
Two feet on the floor, chest facing the defender, no contact that impedes or disrupts the offensive player as they move. That’s a really difficult standard when guarding offensive players who are allowed hesitation dribbles to change direction and two full steps after the gather, but that’s the rule. On this particular play, the defender (Brown? Video isn’t super clear) makes illegal contact with the arm as Bane goes left to right with the step through. Is it a blatant hack? No, but Bane was impeded during his move so it’s called a foul.
Bro he stepped on Bruce’s foot and fell into him lol
A trip is also illegal contact.
Not a trip, I should have wrote he stepped on Bruce’s foot lost his balance and flung himself into him and threw the ball up.
I don’t understand the NBA anymore. Is defense illegal now?
not if the defender has arms and a torso
Not if it affects Vegas
Bro you can shoot and jump latterly relative to the hoop for no reason and if you make contact with a stationary defender you can get a call…
Maybe even if the defender just looks at you in a not nice way.
You mean like this. Jokic got 2 FTs for this hooking
that’s pretty much every bane foul in the 4th quarter. disgusting performance by the ref today
the whole game was like this. The Bench really lost this game though. Putting 4 offense-first guards out there was crazy
Who else can we play though? Zeke? Hunter Tyson?
Holmes?
The guy we burned a 1st and 3 2nd on that plays a position that we currently have no players at?
That’s not a foul
Oops. Refs messed up on that one.
And the two right before that Denver had to challenge to overturn. Was kind of a theme in the 4th.
Literally Denver used both of their challenges successfully within the last minute of the game. The refs were getting everything wrong. If only they had another challenge.
Had to win 2 challenges with under a minute in the game to be in that position to not challenge that call…
Out of challenges
That’s their point. They had to use both challenges within the last minute of the game, and then the refs fucked up AGAIN.
Already had two overturns on blatantly blown calls, and the refs still had the gall to decide the game on this
NBA refs are great.
Yes if we had a 3rd challenge we would have won this right here . But refs wanted us to lose clearly .. Why dont they review plays in last minute that have huge impact?
I swear Denver has worst whistle out of top contending teams , there were many bad calls throughout of game. Jokic,Murray getting clearly fouled slaps on arms were no calls but Bane gets winning FT’s for this . Entire game and Denver effort ruined by bad refs
Honestly, it’s really the nuggets fault for not having a 3rd challenge. They shouldn’t have left it at home 🤷🏽♂️
Refs so dogshit that Denver is forced to use both their challenges in the final 2-3 min, win the challenges because the refs are blind af, just so the refs can deliver one final dogshit call to still decide the game.
Pathetic.
Can’t wait for the LTM report on this one.
Gonna be 20 pages long all missed calls and nothing will come of it
Yeah, no missed calls except the phantom call that got Jokic free throws is what it’s likely to say. The NBA hates our guts. 😭😭
L2M is a lost cause.
Moral victory is meaningless.
Game is over onto the next one.
“Game winning free throws” makes people take any game unseriously.
“Fouled” the modern nba is stupid as hell
Ref fans feasting
Pretty fucking lame call to decide the game
Bane flopping and getting the fts. Murray fouled and no call. Refs stole a Nugs win.
He didn’t really flop, he just fell
True but even the plays before his strat was drive, run into someone, and throw it up hoping for the foul.
Yea nobody had their foot stepped on, just some fall over bullshit. Ref ball
Looks like Bane steps on Brown’s foot, if anything
Fr, Brown pulled the chair on his ass and Bane couldn’t stay upright
A non-call but whistled by Mark Lindsay, who had just had two consecutive calls overturned by Denver.
Mark Lindsay got paid tonight. If players can be investigated for prop bets happening around role players, then surely refs can be investigated for screwjobs like this.
Should have been flagrant
Refs were calling a foul no matter what on this play. They clearly had an agenda (Vegas)
did Vegas favor the Magic over us in this game?
Embiid special
Haha woww… Bane tries to go through Brown and gets a foul call.
This is Adam Silver’s soft ass NBA man
in the nba you’re not allowed to have arms and feet if you’re a defender
Yep that’s magic officiating for ya
I wonder if there’s even a way to make it so that games don’t become foul/free-throw contest
terrible
literally what is Bruce brown supposed to do differently. his hands are up and he beats him to the spot. that’s basketball. why is bane rewarded for getting beat so handily that he falls
Xaxxaxaxax
bane was having an ass off as the robin to banchero’s batman so the refs had to bail him out the entire 4th Q
15 points in the 4th cry more
Yall are gonna cry when you lose the play in 😂
Yall are really sore losers, take the L and move on. Refs were awful on both sides tonight.
It’s a shit call to decide the game, we can complain without being sore losers.
You can complain, of course, but that’s a loser mentality. Refs giveth and refs taketh.
This game was lost purely because of lack of effort. You can’t play only one side of a game and expect to come out on top regularly. Truly a pathetic defensive display.
It’s a bit concerning though, how bad they are in clutch games this year considering that was their biggest advantage against the field previous years.
It can’t just be chalked up to injuries, they were never this bad since becoming contenders.
You realize how bad your offensive flow stops when everything is called a foul? Not every call was bad, but when you’ve got 6 calls in a minute to start the 4th, it can really take the wind out of your sails. For both teams
I’m not playing in the games bro.
I’m replying to a guy talking shit so it’s cool when you guys do it 🤨
I’m sorry, did the refs incorrectly call two fouls in the final 90 seconds that your team had to challenge to overturn? Followed by an opposing player tripping on himself and falling, yet being rewarded with game winning free throws? Hilarious shit from yall tonight.
Replies are proving my point. The salt is unreal.
lol, what comments? Where? And imagine needing supposed comments to prove a point you can’t make yourself, and then calling anyone salty. My original point stands.
Yeah well ya mama
The Magic’s +7 ftas was the difference.
Once again defenders need to abandon their corporeal form and allow the offensive player to phase through their bodies, it’s fucking easy
Would’ve been cash money against the lakers though.
Flop.
That’s an awful call
the nba sucks. If a foul call happens that would get you laughed out of a pick up game, it shouldn’t be a foul. It’s just not basketball anymore
The eurostep should be a no call, unless someone blatantly hacks someone.
Yes it’s true that the refs sucked in this game. Yes it’s true that they called 2 fouls against Denver in the last minute that Adelman challenged and he won both. Yes it’s true that the “foul” vs Bane was marginal and maybe him deliberately trying to step on Brown’s foot.
HOWEVER. The game should not have been close. The Nuggets have the deepest roster Jokic’s ever had around him, which is why they can stay competitive despite being down 3 of their starting 5. The problem is that those 3 starting means the bench minutes are significantly worse because 3 of our bench guys aren’t there anymore, and that makes Brown and Jonas worse because they don’t benefit from the spacing THJ and Watson provide. And tonight, the 4th quarter bench minutes gave up 5 fouls incredibly quickly, and a lot of them weren’t the refs being bad, it was Jonas being stupid. You can’t just reach out and - with a fully extended arm - shove a guy out of bounds as he’s gathering the ball. It sucks, but during the next few weeks until we at least get 1 of our starters back, the Nuggets need to get back to Jokic and Murray playing 40 minutes. It sucks, but it’s necessary to not lose games like this.
Nuggets fans can be upset at shitty refs, I get that, but the Nuggets lost this game by letting it get close.
Losing a game where Jokic gets 34/21/12 is a damn shame.
So are we just ignoring the foot to foot contact or what?
Clear foul
On Bane
The Rockets/Nuggets game set the precedent that shin logic determines that enough contact to be a foul.
Nuggets crying lmao
After watching the refs carry the Nuggets vs Rockets and the Wolves this is pretty sweet to watch ngl
And the 2nd Rockets game that week the refs carried Houston.
Refs didn’t affect wolves game.
Not sure why you’re posting here when you don’t watch the games. 🤷🏽♂️
This man does not know ball
For anyone who did not watch the game Jokic was baiting fouls and getting rewarded all game including that play where he purposely ran into Banchero after the rebound to get the whistle.
Gaslighting masterclass.
Jokic literally got fouled and pushed by Carter Jr. And called a looseball for it, and then got called a foul on the jumpball when Carter Jr was grabbing his arm 🤣
Jokic got “pushed” aka Jokic flopped. Dude acts like he got hit by a tank in every play.
The fact it was still missed tells you why players accentuate. Flopping with no contact is the problem, not the accentuations.
They won’t overturn it if he did not flop. You act like Bane did not get any contact on that last play it’s the same thing.
where is the ILLEGAL contact though?
The Illegal contact is bane charging into Brown’s legal space who was right infront of him to try and displace him which is an offensive foul, but can’t so he fell down and got called for a foul.
There was contact in the arm. Plays like this why Jokic has a good whistle. He hooks Banchero’s arm and got 2 FTs
why are you linking a jokic foul when he’s not even relevant here. i don’t see any illegal contact on bane’s arm that would warrant a call
It was 2 FTs in the last 4 minutes in a close game it is relevant. Jokic can sell contacts but other players are not allowed to do it wow.
He got hit on the arm
Unfortunately people have eyes.