The Sixers had been by no means pleased with the refereeing in the dying minutes of the franchise’s Game 2 104-101 loss to the Knicks.
Philly led by 5 factors at Madison Square Garden on Monday night time with lower than 30 seconds to play.
There was hectic flip of occasions in the final remaining seconds, which began when Jalen Brunson shot a 3 that bounced off the rim and in.
Sixers guard Kyle Lowry went to inbound the ball and Tyrese Maxey was unable to carry onto it for lengthy, as a result of Brunson appeared to be holding Maxey’s jersey when Lowry threw the ball in.
The ball was unfastened and that is when Philly coach Nick Nurse says he tried to name a timeout.
Knicks guard Donte DiVincenzo then shot the ball from three and missed, nevertheless it ended up again in his palms and he shot a game-winning lengthy vary jumper.
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Nurse says he really tried to name a timeout on two events throughout this frantic sequence.
“The first thing is they score,” Nurse said. “We check out getting it in fast. We don’t get it in fast. I name timeout. The referee seemed proper at me, ignored me. (The ball) went into Tyrese. I referred to as timeout once more. Then the melee began.
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Nurse stated he didn’t get any rationalization as to why there was no timeout referred to as for him.
“There was no time to talk about it. … I just watched the film, just to make sure, and I’m clearly calling timeout,” Nurse stated. “I didn’t see if he looked at me in the film, but I could see me clearly calling timeout twice.”
Joel Embiid summed up the night time by saying, “That’s just unacceptable, to put us in that situation. That’s f***ing unacceptable to lose a game like this, especially in the playoffs.”
The Sixers are 2-0 down in the collection after the loss, however are trying ahead to enjoying their subsequent two video games at Wells Fargo Center.
“It sucks,” Maxey stated. “We’ve got to put it behind us now. We’ve got 48 hours to think about it and come up with a plan to get two at home.”
Embiid wasn’t deterred by his crew’s second straight loss.
“We should be [up] 2-0, so we’re good,” he stated. “We should be winning this series. We’re going to win this. We know what we’ve got to fix. We did a better job today, so we’re going to fix it. But we’re the better team and we’re going to keep fighting.”
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