DALLAS (AP) -The NBA says officials were wrong when they didn’t call an intentional foul on the Dallas Mavericks just before Denver’s Carmelo Anthony made a game-winning 3-pointer.
The Mavericks had the lead and a foul to give Saturday when Denver inbounded the ball trailing by two points with less than 8 seconds left. Antoine Wright was clearly trying to foul Anthony, and bumped him twice.
But the whistle never blew and Anthony swished a 3-pointer from the corner with a second left that gave the Nuggets a 106-105 victory and a 3-0 series lead.
In a statement released after the game, Joel Litvin, NBA president for league and basketball operations, said “the officials missed an intentional foul” committed by Wright on Anthony.
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