NEW ORLEANS – The first half of the 2024-25 NBA season ended with a thud for the Dallas Mavericks.
A thud in a sense that in the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report which was released Thursday, the league admitted that goaltending should have been whistled against New Orleans forward Trey Murphy III when he “blocked” a Spencer Dinwiddie layup on Wednesday that had already touched the backboard. The basket would have given the Mavs a 118-117 lead over the Pelicans with five seconds left, and the NBA admitted the three referees missed that critical call which likely cost the Mavs the game.