The NBA found no incorrect calls in the final two minutes of the Cavaliers’ series-clinching victory over the Hawks on Sunday, according to a report issued by the league.
The Cavaliers defeated the Hawks 100-99 and the league reviewed 15 plays in the final two minutes and found them to be either the correct call or the correct non-call.
Included in the review were two correct non-calls on Dennis Schroder’s final drive to the basket in the closing seconds. The league report said that contact from Tristan Thompson with 4.8 seconds left and then LeBron James with 2.8 seconds left were considered “incidental.” James tied up the ball with Schroder resulting in a jump ball. The Hawks failed to get off a potential game-tying shot after chasing down the jump ball.
In addition, the league ruled that the Paul Millsap’s goaltending call on a James basket with 1:16 remaining was correct. Millsap said following the game he believed his block was clean. In its report, the league wrote that Millsap made contact with the ball after it had touched the backboard.
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