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The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report on Tuesday said Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should have gone to the line with 2.3 seconds remaining and a chance to tie the game instead of picking up a charge call against New Orleans Pelicans forward Herb Jones on Monday night.<\/p>\n
In the waning seconds, with the Pelicans holding on to a 103-101 lead, Gilgeous-Alexander drove the lane while Jones slid in front to take the contact. The official closest to the play, Matt Myers, called the charge while official James Williams looked as if he were going to call the block.<\/p>\n
Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said Williams told him that Myers was in better position to make the call.<\/p>\n
“It was a really close play, honestly, if they’re giving different calls on that,” Daigneault told reporters after the Pelicans’ 105-101 victory. “That’s how close the call was. I didn’t have my challenge because I used it on the goaltend to take points off the board. I don’t really know, to be honest with you.<\/p>\n
“It’s one of those where if they reviewed it, it would have been very close. Jones’ foot might have been down, might not have been. It might have been legal, might not have been.”<\/p>\n