NEW YORK, May 9, 2009 -- Joel Litvin, NBA President, League and Basketball Operations, issued the following statement regarding the final seconds of Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks:
"At the end of the Dallas-Denver game this evening, the officials missed an intentional foul committed by Antoine Wright on Carmelo Anthony, just prior to Anthony's 3-point basket."
Thanks, Joel. That really fixes the situation.
It was clear that Wright fouled Anthony, and play should have stopped. But it is also clear that the referees missed it. It happens.
The statement is unnecessary, redundant and comprimising to the integrity of the game officials. There is no need to magnify an accident such as this one.
(AP Photo)
--Max Caster
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