Despite missing almost all of their usual rotation players, the Memphis Grizzlies had a hard-fought battle with the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. This was a much-needed game for the Lakers to secure seeding, but even with the Grizzlies' best player not in uniform, the Lakers still came close to losing to Memphis.
The NBA released the last two minutes report for this game, which included three missed calls in the final two minutes, all of which benefited the Lakers, and two of which had a significant impact on the game. gave.
According to the NBA, the first miscall with two minutes left in the game came with 1:42 remaining when LeBron James should have been called for a traveling violation. The Lakers ended up not scoring on this play.
The next two missed calls directly affected the score. The NBA admitted it missed another traveling violation against James just before he made the game-winning layup with 47.7 seconds left.
The final miscall in the Last Two Minutes report came with 12.2 seconds left, and the NBA said Lakers forward Rui Hachimura should have been called for a shooting foul on GG Jackson's layup attempt. That would put Jackson at the free throw line for two with the Grizzlies trailing 121-118.
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