NBA Official Explains Ruling In Wild Celtics-Cavaliers Ending

Although it appeared as though the Celtics would win again at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Boston departed Cleveland with more

questions than answers.

In the fourth quarter, Dean Wade led the Cavaliers to a 22-point comeback. In the decisive game, the fifth-year forward outscored

Boston 20–17, giving the Cavs a 105–104 victory.

Although Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff contested an early foul call in the game’s waning seconds,

Jayson Tatum was able to

deny Cleveland the opportunity to complete the franchise’s largest fourth-quarter comeback.

Crew chief Zach Zarba stated in the referees’ pool report that “in our opinion, there was clear and conclusive evidence that the leg

extension by Tatum created that marginal contact with the defender Garland, where otherwise contact wouldn’t have been made,” as

reported by Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe. “For that reason, it was reversed.”

Boston has been on the losing end of reversed calls before this season. The Celtics lost the game in the closing seconds after a foul call

against Brown, then a guard for the Indiana Pacers, was reversed. This caused a commotion among all of the team members.The

Celtics’ 11-game winning streak was ended by the defeat, and they will look to recover on Thursday when they travel to face the Denver

Nuggets, the reigning NBA champions.Tatum responded calmly to the “weird” conclusion, but Joe Mazzulla and Jaylen Brown

chastised the team for not exerting enough authority or effort to finish the game.

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