Luka Doncic has responded to what Mark Cuban referred to as the “worst officiating non-call mistake possibly in the history of the NBA”.
The incident occurred when the referees gave Golden State the ball below their very own basket, which led to an uncontested dunk due to Dallas considering it was their ball popping out of the timeout.
“It was kind of weird, you know,” Doncic said. “When we come out of the timeout, there’s another ref right down at the sidelines probably thinking it’s Dallas ball… They could’ve waited because there was a referee all the way on our side.”
Jason Kidd additionally addressed the matter.
“There was a lot of confusion,” he mentioned. “Lots of people had been out of place. The courtroom was break up. We’re on one aspect and the Warriors had been on the opposite. And you might have a referee on the baseline, Mike (Smith) was on the baseline, so I’d assume Mike thought it was our ball, too. If there’s confusion, it’s simple to simply are available in and blow the whistle and get us re-started.
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“Because there was confusion, understanding that it was our ball. The referee pointed toward our bench, but that was a signal of the timeout. But there was confusion on the play before it even started with who’s ball it was because he pointed to us first and then changed it. And it went to a timeout and he pointed to us. There were quite a few people out of position on that play. It’s correctable. But you first have to admit there was a mistake.”
To make issues worse, Dallas went on to lose the sport by two factors, albeit on a last-second three that went in as soon as the sport had already been determined.
The Mavericks will now formally protest the result of the sport.
