Mark Cuban did not mince words after the Dallas Mavericks collapse against the Atlanta Hawks Saturday night. Dallas fell victim to a few questionable calls, but none more egregious than the refs goal-tending call that was excused as an inadvertent whistle.
Here’s the play that had Cuban fired up:
Dorian Finney-Smith blocked the shot, but John Collins finished the play with a put-back layup. However, the refs called a goal-tend after Finney-Smith made contact, in which most players let up because the play is blown dead. When the call was reviewed, the refs overturned the goal tend (which was the correct call), but the refs still allowed Collins basket to stand under the guise of an “inadvertent” whistle.