We’ll NBA fans, I know you guys are excited your two favorite teams are in the Western Confrence Finals. After watching game 1, you can tell this will be a series to remember. In last night’s shocker, OKC’s head Point Guard Russell Westbrook took a few extra steps in front of refs, basically traveling. With 17 seconds on the clock, this was crucial for the Warriors because refs did not make the call and Russell managed to call timeout.
The Warriors were down 3 when Russell traveled, and could have had a chance of knotting the game up with Steph Curry on the floor, if you know what I mean. Today, the NBA took note to the missed call and the officials stated:
“no one could get in a good position to see him drag that pivot foot,” NBA senior vice president of replay and referee operations Joe Borgia then said in a postgame interview on NBA TV.
“It’s an unfortunate miss, but so much going on in the play, the speed of it, and officiating is about getting angles and sometimes you just can’t get them, and they did not get a great angle on that play.”
Watch the bad call below and leave your thoughts on game 1 in the comment section.
https://youtu.be/5snsNePlzno
