{"id":14224,"date":"2024-12-04T07:47:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T07:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14224"},"modified":"2024-12-04T07:47:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T07:47:11","slug":"breaking-news-nba-refs-bizarre-explanation-to-controversial-warriors-nuggets-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14224","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: NBA refs\u2019 bizarre explanation to controversial Warriors-Nuggets ending"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">This only serves to add further insult to the Warriors&#8217; injury.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Warriors-news-NBA-refs-bizarre-explanation-to-controversial-Golden-State-Nuggets-ending.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Referee Tyler Ford, speech bubble: 'I CAN EXPLAIN', with Warriors' Steve Kerr looking pissed off and Nuggets' Christian Braun smiling\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As if the Golden State Warriors&#8217; 119-115 loss to the Denver Nuggets wasn&#8217;t already heartbreaking enough, head coach Steve Kerr felt hard done by the fact that the officials missed an obvious call for a timeout from Christian Braun when the Nuggets no longer had any. In a four-point game, that could have given the Warriors a chance to rescue the game, as they would have received a technical free throw and the possession if the referees punished Braun&#8217;s infraction.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the Nuggets got away with a timeout blunder that would have mirrored that of Erik Spoelstra&#8217;s earlier this season \u2014 sending the Warriors deeper into their spiral with their fifth defeat in a row. Just to add further insult to Kerr and the Dubs&#8217; injury, the officials basically conceded in their pool report following the game that they were not able to catch wind of Braun&#8217;s timeout gesture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristian Braun never fully or clearly signaled for a timeout, therefore a timeout was not recognized,\u201d referee crew chief Tyler Ford said in the Pool Report, via NBA.com. \u201cThe crew would have the ability to conference and discuss if anyone saw a signal, but no one clearly saw a signal given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon closer look, it was clear that Braun made the classic timeout gesture, even for a brief moment, after landing on the ground in the aftermath of his impressive defensive rebound that essentially sealed the game in the Nuggets&#8217; favor. But perhaps in real time, it was harder for the officials to judge \u2014 even though Ford himself was the official nearest to the action.<\/p>\n<p>It was perhaps a moment of instinct for the Nuggets guard to signal for a timeout, and the Warriors, rightfully so, are infuriated by the lack of punishment for this blunder.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nuggets nearly throw the game away with careless timeout mistake<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Related Golden State Warriors NewsArticle continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jokic-post.jpg\" alt=\"NBA refs\u2019 bizarre explanation to controversial Warriors-Nuggets ending\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christian Braun can deny it all he wants, but he did gesture for a timeout even if it was for a split second. That would have been disastrous, as a four-point lead would not have been safe had the Nuggets been actually given the timeout he requested despite not having any remaining.<\/p>\n<p>For the Warriors, this loss will provide another lesson in closing games out; it&#8217;s their third loss of the past five games in which they&#8217;ve let a late-game lead slip away from their fingertips. And now, they have fallen to 12-8 on the season \u2014 a disappointment given how strong their start to the season was.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The officials rub even more salt on the Warriors&#8217; wounds after a controversial finish to their NBA Cup loss to the Nuggets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[936,911],"class_list":["post-14224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-christian-braun","tag-nba-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: NBA refs\u2019 bizarre explanation to controversial Warriors-Nuggets ending - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=14224\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS: NBA refs\u2019 bizarre explanation to controversial Warriors-Nuggets ending - 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