The Portland Trail Blazers are filing an official protest with the NBA, challenging Tuesday night’s 111-109 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team’s action is being reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
ESPN Sources: Portland is filing a protest with the league office to challenge result of 111-109 loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday. With 109-108 lead, Portland contends Chauncey Billups was clearly calling timeout prior to official whistling a Blazers double-dribble with 15.6 seconds left. Billups was assessed two techs and ejected.
With 15.1 seconds to play and the Blazers up 109-108, Malcolm Brogdon was trapped in the frontcourt, prompting Head Coach Chauncey Billups to call a timeout, which wasn’t heard by the referees.