4:26pm: The league acknowledged in its last two-minute report that Brunson and Josh Hart both fouled Maxey during the last-minute scramble. It also indicated Nurse should have been granted a timeout on the inbounds play, Bontemps tweets.
7:26am: Following their Game 2 loss to the Knicks in New York on Monday, the Sixers intend to file a grievance with the NBA over the officiating, a team spokesperson told Tim Bontemps of ESPN and Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports.
According to Neubeck, the 76ers’ list of concerns will include (but won’t necessarily be limited to) the following:
- Two calls in the last two-minute report from Game 1 went against the Sixers.
- The Sixers have been the most disadvantaged team in the NBA this season based on last two-minute reports, with a report compiled in early April indicating that 22 missed calls benefited their opponents and 11 benefited them, the worst such ratio in the league.
- The Knicks included detailed referee information in their game notes for the first two games of the series (Twitter link), which Bontemps describes as “unusual.”
- The Sixers believe they should have been awarded a timeout at multiple points during a key inbounds play and possession late in Monday’s loss (Twitter video link). They also believe Tyrese Maxey was fouled during the play, with Jalen Brunson grabbing his jersey.
That inbounds play occurred with 27 seconds left in the game and the Sixers holding a two-point lead. Head coach Nick Nurse appeared to briefly signal for a timeout just before Kyle Lowry inbounded the ball to Maxey, who was held by Brunson. Maxey fell to the floor with the ball as Nurse attempted to call timeout again, but the Sixers lost possession before a timeout could be granted, leading to a Donte DiVincenzo go-ahead three-pointer.
“Well, the first thing is obviously they score,” Nurse said in describing the sequence after the game. “We take a look at getting it in quick. We don’t get it in quick. I call timeout. Referee looked right at me. Ignored me. Went into Tyrese, I called timeout again. Then the melee started.
“I guess I got to run out onto the floor or do something to make sure and get his attention, but I needed a timeout there to advance it. Would’ve been good. But, couldn’t get it.”
Joel Embiid was even more blunt in expressing his displeasure with the officiating.
“Everybody was trying to call a timeout on the floor,” Embiid said, per Bontemps. “Me included. Coach on the sideline. But they didn’t give it to us. But, forget about the timeout. There’s a bunch of fouls. That’s f—ing unacceptable. …That’s on the frigging referees. I hate to put the game on them. But I am sure the two-minute report is going to come out and we are going to see what happened. … We fought for 47 minutes and whatever 20 seconds. For that to happen … that’s not OK.”
The Sixers weren’t the only team with complaints about the officiating after a tough Monday loss. As Dave McMenamin of ESPN writes, the Lakers also had gripes to share after losing to Denver 101-99 on a Jamal Murray buzzer beater.
Los Angeles was upset that a Michael Porter Jr. foul on D’Angelo Russell in the third quarter, which would have led to a pair of free throws, was overturned because the contact was deemed “marginal” (Twitter video link). Russell later tweeted, “That’s a foul we all saw it on national television.”
“D-Lo clearly gets hit in the face on a drive,” LeBron James said. “What the f–k do we have a replay center for if it’s going to go [like that]? It doesn’t make sense to me. … It bothers me. … And then I just saw what happened with the Sixers-Knicks game too. Like, what are we doing?”
As Fred Katz of The Athletic tweets, the Sixers’ grievance isn’t a formal protest of Game 2, so it won’t affect the outcome of Monday’s contest. It’s presumably just an attempt at gamesmanship on behalf of the 76ers, who will be looking to regain an edge in the series as the teams head to Philadelphia for Game 3.
For what it’s worth, Embiid remains very confident in his team’s ability to pull out the series despite facing a 2-0 deficit.
“We’re good,” Embiid told reporters on Monday, according to Bontemps. “We’re going to win this series. “We are going to win this. We know what we got to fix. We did a better job today, so we are going to fix it. We are the better team. We are going to keep fighting.”
What’s a grievance going to do at this point?
The hope is that things change moving forward. It’s creating awareness of what’s going on. Can’t really fix the past but next games May be a little more fair?
It’s like the coaches riding the refs backside after calls he might not agree with. It’s not going to change anything or change the Refs mind on that call but perhaps will help with the next call or calls to come?
IMO
Both games are called fairly. The referees clearly make a few wrong calls. That does mean anything to me. It is normal.
Two minute report means 4% to me. 48% means 100%
2 minutes means little to nothing
No one like silly
Sixers are a pathetic organization
Mute yourself
Trust the process bro.
Spend several first overall picks until you finally get a halfway decent player out of it, rotate horrible coach after horrible coach through, and cry about the refs when you repeatedly fail.
Trust the process bro.
first 2 games have been ridiculous. both games Knicks are grabbing and pulling players by their shirts and arms the entire game and no whistle. Game 2 Knicks were blatantly throwing 76ers players to the ground and no whistle. However, 76er even breath near a Knick and it was a foul. Refs need to call the game the same for both teams. Whispers are becoming screams that sports-betting has a lot to do with the outcome. Not to mention the perception the NBA turns a blind eye because Knicks doing well is better marketing. Knicks have needed the refs favortism in both games to alter outcomes of the game. I’m just about done with watching or going to NBA games.
Embiid, 12 ftas, some very soft calls.
Tank more seasons
$$$
There was a lot of refs asleep at the wheel or outright getting it wrong across multiple games. That’ll happen sometimes, but this frequently? It’s like having a referee crew of multiple Angel Hernandez.
Yes doesn’t it seem like it’s just getting worse and worse? Never used to be this bad.
To me I think it’s a sign of unscrupulous League activity. I like the Andre Iguodala Evan Turner interview where Andre spelled it out but didn’t quite say it.
Evan Turner spilled the beans and said, I’ll say it. I’m not afraid of anyone.
In certain games, if you want to win by 2, you have to beat them by 22 in order to overcome the refs etc.
The NBA is now just “entertainment”. One step above WWF. They “control” things through the refs. How many times do you see a “late” whistle after a “star” player initiates contact, and misses the shot. Now he goes to the line for his two points. This is how when Adam Silver said “too many points were being scored” …. They immediately “fixed” it with the Refs, and he then noted how the average number of fouls was down.
The real “entertainment” is being negotiated right now with the media rights deal. Do you not think that ESPN doesn’t get influence over the “rule changes” after dropping a check for mega Billions $$$$?? Watch how after the deal is done, or near done, watch how Adam Silver again starts talking about “improving” the game with rule changes.
Understand all these rule changes that have eliminated play in the post, or the traditional big man, and have gotten rid of the traditional point guard has a ripple effect …… Tall kids ain’t playing basketball no more, and adults are not investing the time in developing them. Kids who are 6’2 and under, and beginning to not play basketball anymore. You cannot imagine being 7’4 on the court. You can’t imagine being 6’9 and a triple-double every night. No longer interested. No longer playing. The talent level of young American players is starting to show it in a big way.
playera association should push for independent referees – NO ties with NBA. Those referees strictly monitored to ensure they aren’t influenced by sport betting or NBA officials
Boohoo Tell me how many calls Lebron, Embiid or any other superstar player gets when someone just breathes on them or looks at them wrong from 5 feet away. And I’m a Knicks fan and Brunson does the same thing because he’s small….he’ll drive the lane and get his armed brushed and fall down and get calls too. Hey with the rise of AI maybe soon we will have robots calling the games and eliminate human error, or hell robots will be playing the games
Time out is Time out. You are Timed out and dismissed.
Tell that to whoever the dummy was trying to inbound the ball last night he should have been paying attention and called the time out
and I suppose as a Knicks fan you also see nothing wrong with players yanking on players arms or slinging them around by their jerseys to keep them from rebounding. Probably also nothing wrong with slamming players to the ground. oh wait, that’s right Embid gave a little shove to a Knicks player after the whistle and got called for a technical. Yup, refs are watching it closely and calling it fairly.
Do these ever amount to anything? Seems like a waste of time and resources. They missed calls on both sides.
First it was Brett Brown. Then it was Ben Simmons. Then it was Doc. Now it’s the refs.
But not Embiid! The one thing that’s been consistent through it all. Never Embiid. Makes you wonder…
Lil F knows nothing Jojo put up 30 plus and 10 on one leg. Cancel yourself while muting.
Basketball is a team sport sweetie
Thus why the rest of the team should have bothered to show up.
As a sixers fan filing a grievance is the most sixers thing they can do. Down 2-0 with Maxey and a 1-legged Embiid. Rest of the roster is trash
Knicks fan and I gotta say Embiid is leaving it all out there for you guys he’s better on one leg than 95% of the league healthy. And Maxey is turning into a star in these playoffs win or lose you’ve got a good foundation just need one more go to guy and a better bench…oh and Lowry looks like he de-aged 10 years
Nicholas Batum has played well
So has Nicolas Batum
I can’t wait until the day LeBron retires and shuts the hell up
You must not be a basketball fan. Appreciate the game a little more
You know you can just watch the games and not pay attention to the commentary right?
Yes. But what is your point fair weather fan ?
Its called home court advantage. If it was in Philly its called a foul. Now the 76ers will get the home court calls and NY fans will be complaining.
I’m bothered that the Knicks are playing tougher/harder than us…that bothers me more than officiating.
The officiating does suck, but not to the degree that I’m blaming the loss on it…I’ll leave that to Celtic and laker fans. I don’t like the way b ball is reffed different in the regular season compared to playoffs. I don’t like how guys get mugged (both ways) with no call, and then a borderline contact gets called. There is no consistency. Yeah it sucks but it’s not the reason we lost. Up 5 with 27 seconds you gotta hold that lead in a playoff game if you wanna win.
That timeout should have been called though. Nevermind the missed calls that part was brutal. And I am a fan of neither team for the record.
Grievance for the first two games! Well, as a Knicks fan I want to suggest NY files 30 separate grievances, one for each game they lost this season.
Yes, the refs have not been good for years, but every game has questionable calls. Deal with it.
I was surprised to read this, since PHI’s made men (Embid and Lowry) were given the benefit of calls and non-calls most of the night, including the end of the game. Nothing that I didn’t expect though, and it will be worse in PHI. The league doesn’t want Embid going down in an uncompetitive series. They wanted a 1-1 series, and that’s how the game was officiated.
PHI’s focus on the Refs in this one is particularly comical. PHI was the only team that shot FTs in the 4th Qtr (until Anunboy shot 2 with 6 seconds left after an intentional foul), and they shot 9 (9-0). I guess it could be non-calls, except the only non-calls after significant contact (at least in the last two minutes) also benefitted PHI. Lowry took Brunson to the floor in the possession prior to the inbound play, and there was no call. Maxey pushed off Hart to get open on the inbounds play, and there was no call. Brunson did put his arm around Maxey in the aftermath of that, but no way the Refs can call that after ignoring the push.
The Sixers find it unusual regarding refs in game notes? Are they new to the sport of basketball? That exists at all levels of competition. As for the non call regarding Brunson grabbing the jersey, I guess they missed the push off foul Maxey conducted on Hart that led to the grabbing of the jersey. As for calling the timeout, why didn’t the highly experienced vet (Lowrey) just not pass the ball in and call timeout himself? He had every opportunity not to force the inbound and the timeout wouldn’t brought the ball to mid-court. They need to blame themselves for not being game situation aware and poor coaching for not reminding them.
If this does anything, it’s now created animosity between the refs and the Sixers.
LeBron crying about refs is pure gold. His entire career he has had games called differently for him. League manufactured star.
New here ??
replay clearly shows Nurse thought about but never calls timeout until ball is loose. Tyrese clearly pushes Hart to separate before Brunson grabs him so how about we say that too it’s clear
I really want to like Joel but it always ends with him whining into a microphone
My goodness son, you were up 4 points on the line with 27 seconds left, your team BLEW the game , just Stop
* Worry about keeping Hartienstien off the offensive glass none of this happens
For real, man. Every time he touches the ball, you just know they’re going to call a foul if he decides to drive at all. Dude is the king of flops and should never complain because he gets every call he wants. There was one pathetic sequence where Miles McBride (6’1″, 195 lbs) did not even touch Embiid (7’0″, 280 lbs), yet Embiid collapsed to the floor and got the call.
He’s a great player, but my god, what a foul-baiter. Obnoxious to watch.
Thanks for the false flag stevie I can see clearly wonder.
Games have been fixed for years! Now we are surprised! Sports is fixed period! To much money involved.
Drama Queen ……. Embiid the Cryer …..
You can’t rebound or stop the extra pass. Then go home and scratch your Ares …..
Freakin babies ….
Let’s make excuses. Instead of going after loose balls. Let’s complain about refs. Instead of boxing out …..
Make your FTs …….. Embiid stood and watched the rebounding Knicks in last min. Yeah that will get you wins. I guess he wanted to take pictures to show refs. All Whiners have one thing in common …… they LOOSE.
If you think you saw crying now. Wait till we win 4-0.
2-0 and we bringing the Fn BROOMS ….
Sixers giving away Kleenex with tickets to game. ………….
New York Knickerbockers …….
So you thought Maxey was not fouled at the end of the game?
No try watching it in real time. First he pushed his way in there. That was a foul. Brunson grabbed his shirt for a half a sec. So what. Sixers grab all the time. Plus it didn’t affect the play. He lost the ball on his own. All touch fouls in both sides. Lowry the VET can call TO. You have to have possession to call a TO. If Lowry didn’t do it. They never had the chance after that. Embiid can’t rebound . So crying will work …….. waaaaaaaaa WAA
Embiid is not really my point. I am not a Philly fan.
I thought Maxey was fouled at least 2 times. Whatever else you want to argue if he was fouled, refs blew it and gave the Knicks an advantage.
Would Philly have won? No idea, but they should of been up 2 with Maxey on the line with less than 30 secs. That is all.
Embiid gave up offensive reb to Hartenstein. That was gm right there.
Refs them play . One team never gave up. The other wants a redo so they Cry.
Gave up 2* off Rebs last minute
3 if your are counting the full last 2 mins
Nyk wanted it more , were they playing rough , sure , but this is the playoffs boys toughen up and lay some wood yourself
While I am no Sixers fan, they got jobbed/screwed. Maxey was obviously hit at least twice.
NBA Refs and their unwritten rules to let physical play happen in the playoffs seems foolish and outdated. Refs did a poor job in both of last nights games.
I have often stated that the way to end this is to make it mandatory that all the refs answer questions post game about their calls. I would bet after one media beat down, they will do much better next game.
Sixers got jobbed? How about all of the ticky tack garbage fouls they called on the Knicks whenever they breathed in Embiid’s direction?
Only after Maxey pushed off. Let’s keep it real.
Simple… repeat the game or give the victory to PHI, that would be the right thing to do!
How Knicks scored eight points in final 27 seconds as 76ers imploded in Game 2 at Madison Square Garden
link to cbssports.com
You can’t close out a game. Then you cry about it. Good thing Sixers have a Nurse to feed the BABIES ……..
You give up 8 points in 27 sec. You need to be spanked. Waaaaaaa gaaaaaaa haaaa was
Weeeiiiuweee waaawaaa hoooiiieewwwee wwaaaaaooohhhiii hooo woooaaaaa waaa
Haha that’s good stuff
Gonna be quite time in the nursery soon . Joel should get his binky ready
Wouldnt it be only 5 pts if the right calls were made?
Embiid gets Reb the gm is over lol
the answer you give when your team wins. Wait for game 3 when the Refs make up the call and 76ers get a lot of call go their way. Which will happen. Knick fans will complain about the Refs.
16/22 from free throws
Knicks: 19/23
10 turn overs
Knicks: 7
Allowed Knicks to score 40 points in the paint
76ers: 28 points in paint
“ITS THE REFS FAULT”
I mean, hitting 4 more free throws wins you the game.
Not letting Knicks score 40 points in paint wins you the game.
Not really. If the right calls were made, Philly up 2 with Maxey on the line shooting 2.
Spin it anyway you want, but the Sixers were screwed by the non-call.
What they scored in the paint is irrelevant to the last play and its foolish to argue when the league just said they screwed up.
But please keep finding arguments that avoid the actual question people are debating.
Sixers screwed themselves missing free throws and letting Knicks get easy points in the paint.
You make your free throws, final minutes don’t matter.
You don’t give up easy points, final minutes don’t matter.
Thats fact and end of story. You can either choose to accept that, or dont. Its fact regardless.
Rule # 1 of every sport.
Don’t let refs decide outcome.
You can’t control the refs.
You CAN CONTROL making your free throws
You CAN CONTROL your defense and allowing 40 points in the paint.
You CAN control Embiid with Kleenex …..
You CAN control crying babies with a Nurse.
Teams need to do this more often…
Officiating the NBA has been a joke f9r decades… It used to be a major problem in other sports where the action is too fast paced for the human eye… They brought in more refs watching the footage just after it happened…
The sports adopting technology are able to hold on to their integrity… The NBA needs to do more or risk becoming known as “sports entertainment” like the WWE… It’s already got the reputation of boxing or soccer…
If players and coaches were smart—and cared enough about the issue—they would have players from every team go on the record about the officiating at the same time. Not only would such a group effort draw more attention to the issue, but how exactly could the league respond? Fine dozens of players and coaches? They’d look ridiculous in the process. True collective action would give players some degree of power, and there are enough players making significant money on every team to have a large enough group of voices.
Unfortunately, the truth is no one cares enough to do something like that, nor to even make it a sticking point in CBA negotiations. Hard to complain too much when they haven’t made it a priority to begin with. And it’s partly because these things can work both ways; today the officiating may kill you, tomorrow the officiating may gift you a win. People typically don’t fight for fairness when unfairness benefits themselves or simply would have no specific impact on them.
Whine, whine, whine. Bad org’s continually do it.
No one is mentioning that Maxey pushed off with two hands at the beginning of the inbounds play. Should have been an offensive foul for the blatant push off to get open, but nope, no call. The so called ‘pulling his jersey’ was almost non-existent. The scramble afterwards had feet getting tangled, but the only two view they showed over and over really didn’t show much true contact.
And by the way, I can’t stand the Knicks, so I am not being biased for them. What I dislike more than the Knicks is team whining about one call without taking the entire context of the game into play. Embiid was laying all over people the whole night. DiVencenzo was arm chopping people the whole night. All sorts of rough play and both teams were ok with it .. until one team suddenly loses and then they blame the one call. Boring, especially given the blatant push off mentioned above.
So will they come out and say the two calls at he end of Q2 and Q3 were completely botched? Idk how you call those phantom fouls on he Sixers in under 3 seconds but let a royale rumble occur at the end of the game.
NBA and mlb have huge problems with officiating. I think they both should be replaced with AI
Flop king Embiid to cry again?