Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Can the NBA coach's challenge survive its inherent subjectivity, distrust and strategy issues?

After officials upheld Toronto Raptors wing OG Anunoby’s charge against still-shuffling Boston Celtics star Kemba Walker on the fourth night of the NBA season, Raptors coach Nick Nurse said from a TD Garden hallway, “I’m 0-for-2 on challenges, and I can’t believe it. I don’t have any idea what I’m doing here. Zero.”

It took seven challenges, but Nurse finally got a call overturned — a phantom foul against Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, no less. The coach of the reigning champions hugged his staff and a Lakers fan in celebration.