PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers had a tough ending to a 108-107 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. After Clippers star Kawhi Leonard converted an and-1 with 15.7 seconds left, the Sixers had one last chance.
Kelly Oubre Jr. drove to the basket and was blocked by Leonard, but the Sixers did get a jump ball out of it. Off the jump ball, Oubre drove to the basket again. He wasn’t able to get a shot off before time expired, but it also looked like there was a ton of contact by the Clippers.
That led to Oubre and coach Nick Nurse going off on the officials afterward in what was a heartbreaking ending.
“I think he took it in there pretty hard?” asked Nurse after the game. “I looked at it on our computer a couple of times. I thought it was certainly contact, certainly as much as the last two or three that got called in ones at the other end, and that’s all. I just thought it was enough contact a call, but that’s where it goes sometimes. If we don’t turn it over a couple times, right.”
In a pool report, crew chief Kevin Scott admitted the officials got the call wrong:
On the last play on the floor, in real time the crew interpreted that play as the defender jumping vertically. 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.
It’s a tough break for the Sixers. Oubre’s final drive should have put him on the line with a chance to win, but it wasn’t meant to be. Philadelphia will move forward with two games on the road.
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