With Portland trailing Utah by 2 in the final seconds Friday night, Damian Lillard drove to the hoop for a layup. The shot blocked by Rudy Gobert after the ball touched the backboard, which is a textbook case of goaltending. However, the referees made no call, a key factor in Portland’s eventual 117-114 loss to the Jazz.
CORRECTION, this is a foul AND a goaltend. There is no way the refs can miss that. They’ll get no solace from the L2M report tomorrow pic.twitter.com/ZQnEU6VIAW
— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) February 8, 2020
Since the referees did not blow a whistle, it was not considered reviewable, leaving no recourse for Portland.