The LA Clippers won a close game against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night without Kawhi Leonard. Both teams were unhappy with the officiating at various points in the game, and Nuggets head coach Michael Malone was ejected in the fourth quarter.
The NBA released its last two minute report of the game, which includes two missed calls in the final two minutes. The first miscall detailed by the NBA in its last two minutes report for the game occurred with 1:11 remaining when Clippers center Ivica Zubac should have been called for a shooting foul on Nikola Jokic. .
The second and final miscall, detailed by the NBA in its last two minutes report of the game, occurred with 14 seconds left on LA's last offensive possession when Jokic should have been called for a 3-second violation on defense. Ta.
As previously mentioned, both teams were upset with the referees at various points in this game, and the NBA revealed two missed calls, one of which went against both teams. Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray was also missing for this game, so it wasn't a completely healthy battle, but it was still a very exciting game between two teams that could potentially meet in the playoffs. Ta.
It was LA's fourth win in their last five games.
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