The NBA says the end of Denver’s 109-107 loss on Friday night was officiated perfectly. Nuggets coach David Adelman is taking notes.
According to a Last Two Minutes Report released by the league this weekend evaluating its referees, every call and no-call was determined in hindsight to be correct — including a jump-ball ruling that Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets thought should’ve been a foul with six seconds remaining in their NBA Cup loss to the Trail Blazers.
Denver was trying to break a tie with a baseline out-of-bounds play when Portland’s Toumani Camara reached around Jokic from behind, grabbing the ball — and seemingly grabbing a lot of Jokic, as well — to earn a tie-up call.