“Should have been ruled”: Referee admits mistake of not calling foul in favour of Philadelphia 76ers in defeat to Los Angeles Clippers

The match referee has admitted that the Philadelphia 76ers were not awarded a foul in the dying moments during their match against the Los Angeles Clippers.

Crew chief Kevin Scott was quoted in a report where he admitted that the referees did not make the right call on the night when the Clippers came out on top with a score of 108-107. The incident involved Kelly Oubre Jr of the Sixers and Paul George of the Clippers. 

"On the last play on the floor, in real time the crew interpreted that play as the defender jumping vertically," he said. "However, in postgame video review we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender [Paul] George, and a foul should have been ruled."

The developments did not go down well with the head coach of the Sixers Nick Nurse who stormed to the court to confront the referees after the final whistle.

The 56-year-old was quoted after the match when he admitted that his team was the reason behind the poor result but also rued the poor call from the match officials.

"Well, at 104-101, we had the ball sideline, [and] Tyrese [Maxey] breaks into the backcourt wide open, slips and falls, and they get an and-1 out of that," said Nurse. "We come down and score, they're full-court press and they knock one off of Kelly out of bounds.

"I think [Oubre] took it in there pretty hard," Nurse said. "I looked at it on our computers a couple times. I thought it was certainly contact, certainly as much of the last two or three that got called and-1s at the other end. I thought it was enough contact to call. [But] that's the way it goes sometimes."