NBA Referees Fire Back Against Last Two Minute Reports

Following a Christmas Day debacle in which controversial calls marred the end of a game between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, Warriors forward Draymond Green called the league’s Last Two Minute reports “pointless” in an article highlighted on ESPN.com.

Why would you just judge the last two minutes of the game? What about the call that was missed in the first quarter? What about the call that was missed in the third quarter? That call could have started a whole run for them and changed the entire game.

Following Green’s statements, NBA Referees, via their Twitter account, picked up on Green’s criticism and amplified it:

Our own internal disagreement about whether each play…