Doc Rivers rips referees on questionable foul call for LaMelo Ball: I thought the refs blew that final play
“I thought the final play was the ref blowing a call,” Rivers said. “This is back-to-back games now where on the final play there has been an incorrect call made.” The Bucks did not have a challenge left. If they had, the call would have been overturned on replay, crew chief Curtis Blair said afterward.Source: ESPN What’s the buzz on Twitter? Kurt Helin @basketballtalk Officials admit blown call on Giannis Antetokounmpo gave LaMelo Ball game-winning free throws nbcsports.com/nba/news/offic… – 8:20 PM Rod Boone @rodboone LaMelo does it again. Reaction from both sides (and crew chief Curtis Blair) about crazy ending that helped #Hornets edge Milwaukee: charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 8:02 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Bucks coach Doc Rivers livid after controversial call in loss to Hornets Rivers: “There was clearly not a foul. When you watch the video, the ref was blocked out by one of our players. You can’t guess at the end of the game.” At @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/59264… – 7:37 PM StatMuse @statmuse LaMelo today: — 26 PTS (15 in 4Q) — 9 REB — 6 AST — Game-winning free throws Still leading the NBA in 4th quarter points. pic.x.com/8wiyaINrlq – 5:26 PM Rod Boone @rodboone Giannis is hot he got called for a foul on LaMelo, sending him to the FT line with 7.3 seconds left and Bucks up 1. – 5:23 PM Rod Boone @rodboone Doc Rivers was incensed after that foul call on Miles Bridges’ drive to the rim. He emphatically challenged the whistle. – 5:13 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm They just got Andre Jackson Jr. for a foul on that Miles Bridges attempt at the rim and Doc Rivers is challenging the call. Bucks and Hornets tied at 107 with 2:46 left. – 5:12 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Couple good looks for Gary Trent Jr. in the last minute, but he couldn’t knock down either one. UIOLI to Doc Rivers. Hornets and Bucks tied at 107. 3:19 left. – 5:09 PM Rod Boone @rodboone Josh Green with a new season best. He’s up to 13 points after draining a straightaway three to put #Hornets up 72-70. Doc Rivers calls a timeout. – 4:27 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Doc Rivers mentioned it after the Pistons game, but Taurean Prince has grown a lot more confident as a driver in Damian Lillard’s absence. He’s had some nice drives today and he just had a pretty pocket pass to Giannis Antetokounmpo. – 4:06 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm 6-0 run by the Hornets to open the second quarter and Doc Rivers wants a timeout. Bucks and Hornets tied at 39 with 10:40 left in the first half. – 3:41 PM Rod Boone @rodboone Two fouls on LaMelo with 5:19 left in the first quarter and he has to take a seat. – 3:24 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Doc Rivers told reporters that final designations still needed to be made on the three injured players on the injury report. He made it seem like Giannis Antetokounmpo and AJ Green will probably play, while Bobby Portis’ status is still fully up in the air. Portis on court now: pic.x.com/rT7KxpSoMh – 1:48 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm On Wednesday, with Lillard/Rollins out, Bucks coach Doc Rivers chose to play Delon Wright 27 minutes and then run the rest of the game without a point guard on the floor. So, today, I asked, “Did that feel like a situation AJ Johnson is just not quite ready for yet?” Rivers: pic.x.com/wSjdjqDPRI – 3:27 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Doc Rivers, on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s first quarter: “It’s rare. He just kept us in the game singlehandedly with his play.” – 11:13 PM Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Two turnovers, plus an Giannis Antetokounmpo blocked at the rim and Doc Rivers wants a timeout. Antetokounmpo was upset about not drawing a foul on either drive. Pistons up, 65-47, with 11:08 left in the third quarter. – 9:26 PM More on this storyline The Bucks lost 115-114 to the Charlotte Hornets after a controversial foul call on Giannis Antetokounmpo sent Hornets star LaMelo Ball to the free-throw line with 7.3 seconds remaining. Though Ball appeared to trip over his own feet on a drive, Antetokounmpo was whistled for impeding Ball’s progress. Ball sunk the go-ahead free throws to give Charlotte the lead and eventually drop the Bucks to 4-9 on the season when Antetokounmpo missed a mid-range jumper on the Bucks’ final possession. “There was clearly not a foul,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers said. “When you watch the video, the ref was blocked out by one of our players. You can’t guess at the end of the game. Both teams have played too hard.” -via New York Times / November 16, 2024 Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 115, Bucks 114 LaMelo 26 pts, 9 rebs, 6 asts Miles Bridges 19 pts, 7 rebs, 3 asts Josh Green 15 pts, 5 rebs Moussa Diabate 12 pts, 14 rebs Up next: at Cleveland tomorrow -via Twitter @rodboone / November 16, 2024 Rod Boone: Final: Magic 114, #Hornets 89 LaMelo 35 pts, 7 asts, 6 rebs Grant Williams 15 pts, 5 rebs Moussa Diabat
“I thought the final play was the ref blowing a call,” Rivers said. “This is back-to-back games now where on the final play there has been an incorrect call made.” The Bucks did not have a challenge left. If they had, the call would have been overturned on replay, crew chief Curtis Blair said afterward.
Source: ESPN
Source: ESPN
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Officials admit blown call on Giannis Antetokounmpo gave LaMelo Ball game-winning free throws nbcsports.com/nba/news/offic… – 8:20 PM
Officials admit blown call on Giannis Antetokounmpo gave LaMelo Ball game-winning free throws nbcsports.com/nba/news/offic… – 8:20 PM
Rod Boone @rodboone
LaMelo does it again. Reaction from both sides (and crew chief Curtis Blair) about crazy ending that helped #Hornets edge Milwaukee:
charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 8:02 PM
LaMelo does it again. Reaction from both sides (and crew chief Curtis Blair) about crazy ending that helped #Hornets edge Milwaukee:
charlotteobserver.com/sports/charlot… – 8:02 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Bucks coach Doc Rivers livid after controversial call in loss to Hornets
Rivers: “There was clearly not a foul. When you watch the video, the ref was blocked out by one of our players. You can’t guess at the end of the game.”
At @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/59264… – 7:37 PM
Bucks coach Doc Rivers livid after controversial call in loss to Hornets
Rivers: “There was clearly not a foul. When you watch the video, the ref was blocked out by one of our players. You can’t guess at the end of the game.”
At @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/59264… – 7:37 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
LaMelo today:
— 26 PTS (15 in 4Q)
— 9 REB
— 6 AST
— Game-winning free throws
Still leading the NBA in 4th quarter points. pic.x.com/8wiyaINrlq – 5:26 PM
LaMelo today:
— 26 PTS (15 in 4Q)
— 9 REB
— 6 AST
— Game-winning free throws
Still leading the NBA in 4th quarter points. pic.x.com/8wiyaINrlq – 5:26 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Doc Rivers told reporters that final designations still needed to be made on the three injured players on the injury report. He made it seem like Giannis Antetokounmpo and AJ Green will probably play, while Bobby Portis’ status is still fully up in the air.
Portis on court now: pic.x.com/rT7KxpSoMh – 1:48 PM
Doc Rivers told reporters that final designations still needed to be made on the three injured players on the injury report. He made it seem like Giannis Antetokounmpo and AJ Green will probably play, while Bobby Portis’ status is still fully up in the air.
Portis on court now: pic.x.com/rT7KxpSoMh – 1:48 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
On Wednesday, with Lillard/Rollins out, Bucks coach Doc Rivers chose to play Delon Wright 27 minutes and then run the rest of the game without a point guard on the floor.
So, today, I asked, “Did that feel like a situation AJ Johnson is just not quite ready for yet?”
Rivers: pic.x.com/wSjdjqDPRI – 3:27 PM
On Wednesday, with Lillard/Rollins out, Bucks coach Doc Rivers chose to play Delon Wright 27 minutes and then run the rest of the game without a point guard on the floor.
So, today, I asked, “Did that feel like a situation AJ Johnson is just not quite ready for yet?”
Rivers: pic.x.com/wSjdjqDPRI – 3:27 PM
More on this storyline
The Bucks lost 115-114 to the Charlotte Hornets after a controversial foul call on Giannis Antetokounmpo sent Hornets star LaMelo Ball to the free-throw line with 7.3 seconds remaining. Though Ball appeared to trip over his own feet on a drive, Antetokounmpo was whistled for impeding Ball’s progress. Ball sunk the go-ahead free throws to give Charlotte the lead and eventually drop the Bucks to 4-9 on the season when Antetokounmpo missed a mid-range jumper on the Bucks’ final possession. “There was clearly not a foul,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers said. “When you watch the video, the ref was blocked out by one of our players. You can’t guess at the end of the game. Both teams have played too hard.” -via New York Times / November 16, 2024
Rod Boone: Final: #Hornets 115, Bucks 114 LaMelo 26 pts, 9 rebs, 6 asts Miles Bridges 19 pts, 7 rebs, 3 asts Josh Green 15 pts, 5 rebs Moussa Diabate 12 pts, 14 rebs Up next: at Cleveland tomorrow -via Twitter @rodboone / November 16, 2024
Rod Boone: Final: Magic 114, #Hornets 89 LaMelo 35 pts, 7 asts, 6 rebs Grant Williams 15 pts, 5 rebs Moussa Diabate 12 pts, 13 rebs Up next: vs. Milwaukee on Saturday -via Twitter @rodboone / November 12, 2024
