The NBA has officially admitted an officiating error regarding Tyrese Maxey’s four-point play in the last 25 seconds of the 76ers Game 5 win over the Knicks, confirming New York was blatantly robbed on Tuesday.
Game 5 NBA Last 2 Minute Report finds 4 bad calls, 3 favoring the Sixers––including that Tyrese Maxey traveled on his 4-point play "Maxey gathers the ball on his left foot, takes two legal steps, and then moves his right foot again just before he is fouled on his shot." pic.twitter.com/s3RGEDYS7z
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) May 1, 2024
The league’s Last 2 Minute Report indicated that Maxey committed a traveling violation by moving his right foot after taking two legal steps, just before being fouled by Mitchell Robinson.