NBA: Officials missed Tyrese Maxey’s trip at the end of regulation

According to the NBA’s report of the final two minutes of Game 5 of the instant classic first-round series between the Philadelphia 76ers and the New York Knicks, Tyrese Maxey’s heroics never should have happened.

That’s because the league said the game’s officiating crew missed a trip by Maxey on his 3-pointer with 25.4 seconds left, in which he was fouled by Knicks center Mitchell Robinson and made the free throw. , starting Philadelphia’s remarkable comeback from six down with 28.9 seconds. staying in regulation time to finally win 112-106 in overtime and keep the 76ers season alive.

There were three other calls that were deemed incorrect: There should have been 0.4 seconds left in regulation, and the Knicks’ ball, after Nicolas Batum blocked Jalen Brunson’s potential out-of-bounds shot to tie the game (the time is over, sending the game into overtime). ); Brunson should have been charged with an offensive foul in overtime on the play that ultimately became a flagrant foul against Joel Embiid for hitting Brunson in the head; and Josh Hart wasn’t really out of bounds with 41.5 seconds left.

It’s another way Philadelphia’s Game 5 miracle mirrors what New York did to the Sixers in Game 2, as there were multiple officiating errors in New York’s favor as part of that comeback in Latest Report two minutes of that game.

Both teams have now come back from a deficit of at least five points within the final 30 seconds of regulation to win a game in this series, something that had happened only three times in the last 25 years before these playoffs, and has now happened. It happened twice in the same building in the last 10 days.

Game 6 will take place Thursday night in Philadelphia, and Game 7, if Philadelphia wins, will return to New York on Saturday night.