{"id":176583,"date":"2023-01-04T06:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/donovan-mitchells-miraculous-record-setting-basket-monday-night-shouldnt-have-counted-nba-says\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T06:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:26:27","slug":"donovan-mitchells-miraculous-record-setting-basket-monday-night-shouldnt-have-counted-nba-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/donovan-mitchells-miraculous-record-setting-basket-monday-night-shouldnt-have-counted-nba-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell’s miraculous record-setting basket Monday night shouldn’t have counted, NBA says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — NBA history shouldn’t have been made on Monday night.<\/p>\n

At least, that’s what the NBA said after video review of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 145-134 come-from-behind overtime win against the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n

According to the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report — the league’s assessment of officiated events that occurred in the last two minutes of games that were at or within three points during any point in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter (and overtime, where applicable ) — there were two incorrect calls. Both of them in Cleveland’s favor.<\/p>\n

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The most notable and controversial came on Mitchell’s record-setting putback — a remarkable layup following a missed free throw that gave him a franchise-record 58 points and sent the game into OT.<\/p>\n

With 4.6 seconds remaining and the Cavs trailing by two points, Mitchell deliberately missed his second freebie, darted toward the lane, collected his own rebound in midair and flipped in the basket.<\/p>\n

A review of that play by the league on Tuesday afternoon showed that Mitchell stepped over the plane of the free throw line before the ball touched the basket — a violation of NBA rules.<\/p>\n

Mitchell should’ve been called for a lane violation, negating the basket, keeping the Cavs behind by two and putting Mitchell at 56 points — one off his career-high and Cleveland’s single-game record that was previously shared by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.<\/p>\n

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