The referee s report is out! Harden s three-pointer was missed. The Clippers suffered two losses in 9 games and 8 losses. Four people were to blame.

What a tragedy! The NBA referee's report was released to clear Harden's grievances. His three-pointer was indeed fouled at the decisive moment. Harden did not make a mistake. The Clippers suffered twice in the last 2 minutes. Four people were to blame for the eight losses in the past nine games.

Missed Harden's three-pointer

In response to the Clippers' 108-110 loss to the 76ers, the NBA issued a referee report confirming that there were three missed calls in the last 2 minutes, including the missed call on Harden's three-pointer that could determine the outcome of the game.

This scene happened with 7 seconds left in the game. The Clippers were trailing by 2 points. After Tyronn Lue called a timeout, he arranged a one-on-one singles tactic for Harden. Harden opened up the shooting space through the change of rhythm and jumped up to shoot a three-pointer. Grimes, who was trying to cover up the defense, directly hit Harden's elbow. As a result, the referee did not indicate it and did not review it.

Because the slow-motion video of the live broadcast clearly showed Grimes' foul action, he did hit Harden's elbow when he was covering up the defense, and the force was not small, and Harden's action was obviously affected.

Therefore, referee Curtis Blair had to respond after the game. He said that the reason why there was no whistle was because the referee determined that Grimes had legally interfered with Harden's three-point shot.

What is quite interesting is that compared to the resolute referee, Grimes himself was vague when talking about this topic in an interview after the game, looking very guilty.

When Grimes was asked if he had committed a foul, he did not give a negative answer, but publicly stated: "I may have committed a foul, or I may not have committed a foul, but it is not up to me to judge."

With the NBA referee report After the announcement, it is not difficult to understand why Grimes said this. He also knew that he had committed a foul, but as the beneficiary, the referee did not call the penalty. Naturally, he did not need to complain about his opponent. At the same time, he could not lie, so he could only give such ambiguous remarks.

It is worth mentioning that the referee did not miss the call only this time. In addition to the missed three-pointer in the last 2 minutes, the referee also missed the defensive three-second fouls of Zubac and Drummond. This means that in the last 2 minutes, the Clippers suffered twice.

Clippers reporter Farbod Esnaashari complained: "Harden should have gotten three free throw opportunities and had the opportunity to complete the game through free throws."

Another ship reporter, Justin Russo expressed even more frustratedly: "As expected, Harden's three-pointer was missed. Grimes did foul, but it did not help the Clippers." The fundamental reason why Russo is so frustrated is because the referee's report admits missed calls, which will not change the result of the game. The Clippers have still lost 8 of the past 9 games, and four people are to blame for such a record.

The first person to bear the brunt is the referee. If there are no missed calls, the Clippers will most likely complete the victory with Harden's free throw.

The whistleblowing environment in this game has also been an embarrassing situation for Harden in the past few years. Since he was a master of making fouls in his peak period, after the relevant whistleblowing rules were revised, Harden became a typical target for referees.

The second is coach Tyronn Lue. The poor formation and lack of on-the-spot tactics are disappointing. After more than ten years of coaching, his ultimate move is still to hand the ball to "James".

Different from the exquisite winning tactics played by Celtics assistant coach Van Gundy Jr. in the previous game, Tyronn Lue's tactics in the decisive moment of the 76ers was to hand it over to Harden for a single, which was really surprising.

The other two are Kawhi and Clippers general manager Frank. The former has been absent continuously due to injury. Since joining the Clippers, he has missed 214 games, with an absence rate of nearly 44%, and there is no clear timetable for his return.

In addition, Bill is out for the season, Paul's condition has declined, Jones Jr. has suffered from injuries, and Bogdan has had ups and downs. Frank, the general manager who single-handedly created this seemingly luxurious but actually full of loopholes lineup, is naturally to blame.

The current situation of the Clippers is like this. There is only one qualified ball handler in Harden. He averages 36.1 minutes per game and has become the only veteran over 30 years old among the top eight players in the league. In the future, Harden's playing time and pressure will only increase further.