NBA Finals: Game 1 Durant End of Game Drive/Shot

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You really shouldn't miss the ones the guy in the 50th row can see...but any official with a backbone will call a foul that deserves to be called when he sees it even if it means he is the only one to have seen it.

Originally Posted by Jay R

I think that is the key, angle. From his angle, Washington probably didn't see the foul.

That would be true - IF there was a foul. I don't think there was, or at most, there was a weak borderline one, given the NBA's physicality.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Durant was not unable to do anything he wanted to do while throwing up a fade away shot. It would only be a foul for me if he was prevented from shooting a clean shot. He was able to rise with both arms under control. Whatever contact took place was minimal or insignificant IMO.

+1

Just because Javie intimated that it could have been a foul doesn't mean that it "absolutely" was one. These guys make hundreds of these split-second decisions every year and this is one of those 55/45 ones that cause discussion and controversy.