Somehow, the Washington Wizards’ 35-point blown lead against the Los Angeles Clippers got a little worse. Or better, depending on how you look at it.
One day after the Wizards became the laughingstock of the NBA on Tuesday when they turned a 66-31 lead into a 116-115 loss to a heavily shorthanded Clippers team, the NBA admitted its officials blew a pair of calls during the Clippers’ final two possessions, which both ended in 3-pointers.
On those possessions, a lineup of Clippers bench players still needed a miracle considering they were down six points with 11 seconds left. What followed was an all-time of a sequence.
First, Luke Kennard made this shot to cut a 115-109 lead down to three points:
The Wizards still had the ball up three points with 8.2 seconds left, but a five-second violation immediately turned the ball back over to the Clippers. Once more on offense, the Clippers again turned to Kennard, who didn’t just make a game-tying 3-pointer. He drew a foul from Bradley Beal to…