This Friday, the NBA fined Slovenian Luka Doncic, star of the Dallas Mavericks, for his controversial act. against the judges in his team’s loss on March 22 against the Golden State Warriors.
A few moments before the end of the game, Doncic made a money gesture with his right hand towards the referee in protest at what he saw as poor refereeing.
The Mavericks were very upset by the game with 1.54 left in the third period, when the referees gave the ball to the Warriors. who scored at will when the Texans were positioned on the other half of the field, convinced that they had possession of the ball.
Those two points proved to be decisive for the victory for the Warriors and the Mavericks, who believe their postseason presence is in jeopardy.
The owner of the Mavericks also felt that it was “perhaps” the worst arbitration mistake “in NBA history.” and that “all they had to do was give a warning, and they didn’t.”
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, protested this Wednesday over what he considers “perhaps the worst refereeing mistake in NBA history” after his team lost 125-127 to the Golden State Warriors.
These two points were decisive for the victory of the Warriors and the Mavericks.The US has dropped to ninth in the West and sees its postseason presence in jeopardy and is considering applying to the NBA.
“I will explain what happened. The judge said it was the Mavs’ possession. This was announced by the loudspeaker. Then there was a timeout. During the timeout, the referee changed the decision and didn’t tell us anything.” Kuban wrote about this on Twitter.
“Then, when the referee saw that we were positioned as if we were in possession of the ball, he gave the ball to the Warriors. Not a word to us. They had a light basket,” he continued.
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Source: La Opinion
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