I remember watching this game and clearly seeing Marquis Daniels commit the foul before the inbounds pass, it was bright as day but wasn’t called correctly. Â The result was Hawks missed out on a free throw. Â Now the NBA is admitting the call was blown but now it’s too late. Â Read more after the jump.
The NBA says a foul against Boston with 3.1 seconds left in Atlanta’s season-ending loss on Thursday should have been called sooner, which would have given the Hawks a free throw instead of just the ball out of bounds.
The Celtics’ Marquis Daniels held the Hawks’ Al Horford as Atlanta was inbounding the ball trailing 81-79. Referee Eric Lewis called a foul, but ruled it came after Marvin Williams had released the ball, meaning it was just a common foul that resulted in another throw-in.
However, replays showed the foul occurred before the ball was passed and should have been treated as an away-from-the-play foul, in which case Atlanta would have been awarded one free throw and retained possession of the ball.
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