Chris Paul was hopping mad as the Clippers gave away a 10-point lead in the final three minutes before losing to the Blazers 98-93 in overtime on Wednesday. Paul’s frustration hit its peak in the closing seconds of regulation. With 2.8 seconds remaining and the game tied at 87, Paul tossed up a potential game-winning runner that banked off the glass and rimmed out. The rebound then fell to DeAndre Jordan, who grabbed the ball but held it in his hand instead of attempting a putback, seemingly because he believed that time had expired.
Although the shot clock had run out, there did appear to be some amount of time remaining in the game when Jordan collected the rebound. However, the situation was complicated by the fact that the game clock got stuck at 0.7 seconds. The final buzzer never sounded and the officials were eventually forced to wave off the action, signaling the end of regulation.
Throughout the confusing scene, Paul jumped up and down, frantically urging an open Jordan to attempt the potential game-winning putback, to no avail. Even Clippers color commentator Michael Smith couldn’t help but yell, “D.J., shoot the ball!”
It was definitely a pretty chaotic scene.
