The Los Angeles Clippers narrowly beat the 76ers in Philadelphia 108-107 after a dramatic ending saw the referees fail to call a foul on Paul George in the final second.
With 8.8 seconds remaining, the Sixers’ Kelly Oubre Jr. drove into the paint and was stuffed at the rim by Kawhi Leonard. Philadelphia then won the jump ball after the wedgie with 5.1 seconds left.
On the final play, Oubre drove to the basket and was impeded by Paul George, who tried to block the shot and ran into Oubre in the air. Oubre still got the shot off, but Leonard blocked it and the final buzzer sounded.
76ers coach Nick Nurse ran onto the court to dispute the ending with the referees and had to be restrained.
After the game, crew chief Kevin Scott admitted to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey in a pool report that a foul should have been called on George.
“On the last play on the floor, in real time the crew interpreted that play as the defender jumping vertically,” Scott said. “However, in postgame video review, we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender George, and a foul should have been ruled.”
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