@Tschmack posted:The issue I have with Doc is they wasted a challenge and timeout at the end so they couldn’t t advance the ball. Just dumb.
I still think the challenge was worth it. The foul call on Giannis was ridiculous. He didn't even touch his legs and that part should have been overturned. The interpreation of that call is that Haliburton can launch himself sideways 8 feet and if Giannis breathes on him while he's doing that it's a foul? That's ridiculous.
It was also fairly likely his foot did hit out of bounds. The problem was that the camera angle that would have definitively shown it was blocked by Lopez running in front of the video precisely when they could have seen that.
If they win the challenge on the foul, the game is going to OT at worst. That should have happened.
Haliburton looked like he could have stepped out of bounds right in front of the Bucks bench. They probably had a better view than the cameras. If they win that challenge, the Bucks win immediately. I agree with the call of not overturning it, but that was not a dumb challenge.
They also had plenty of time to draw up an inbounds play to get Dame the ball and let him work for a shot. As it was, Giannis almost hit the shot. You should have drawn something up to anticipate running a play if you are down 1. They had 3.5 seconds. That was the biggest screw up
I will go back and look at some point, but that's at least the 4th game this year they've lost when either Giannis (twice) or Dame (twice) had good shots that would have won at the buzzer. I don't think they've won anything on a last shot this year yet.