At Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday, the 76ers managed to defeat the Celtics, but not before the officials unintentionally helped them.
Derrick White of the Celtics gives his teammates credit for improving him.
After scoring a career-high 28 points in Boston’s victory over the Miami Heat in their home opener, guard Derrick White of the Celtics maintained his modesty.
Though it seems absurd to get worked up about a game in November, there’s a good chance that supporters of the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers will quarrel following their game on Wednesday night.
We recognize your shock.
The NBA on Thursday disclosed in its last-two-minute report that Philadelphia won the game because to a clear missed call in the closing seconds. With four seconds remaining, Joel Embiid, who had just collected the final rebound to seal the victory, actually went out of bounds after blocking Kristaps Porzingis’ effort to tie the score.
Had the call been made correctly, it would have been considered a turnover, and the ball would have been thrown back to the Celtics. Instead, the Sixers wasted the last few seconds dribbling.
Naturally, with no timeouts left, the Celtics could not count on another impressive showing. Boston would have had to hurl the ball from the corner after forcing it to inbound from underneath the hoop.
The NBA disclosed in the study that there were just two missed calls. With less than two minutes remaining, Tyrese Maxey was called for a foul; however, Tyrese Maxey didn’t actually come into contact with Porzingis’ arm during his jump shot attempt, so the call went against Philadelphia.
Although there was just one bad call made by each team, it’s definitely not a one-for-one trade.
One week after their first encounter, on November 15, the Celtics and 76ers will play again. Boston will host it this time, and we have no doubt that the TD Garden crowd will make Philadelphia (as well as the officials) aware of it.
