Kevin Durant Comments on NBA’s L2M Officiating Reports

Kevin Durant has seen the NBA’s report saying officials missed two calls that could have swung the Golden State Warriors’ Christmas Day loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

He just doesn’t particularly care.

“The refs didn’t lose us that game. We lost that game. I think it’s bulls–t the NBA throws the refs under the bus like that,” Durant told reporters Tuesday.

The NBA releases officiating reports from the last two minutes of close games daily. In its Monday report, the league said Durant was fouled by Cavaliers forward Richard Jefferson with 3.1 seconds remaining as he gathered an inbound pass. Durant fell to the ground and his shot missed, and the Cavaliers came away with a 109-108 comeback win in their first matchup since the 2016 NBA Finals.

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The league also determined LeBron James should have been given a technical foul after “deliberately hanging on the rim” after dunking on Draymond Green with 1:43 remaining. 

Durant said the reports are pointless because they do not reverse the outcome, and it places an undue level of criticism on officials:

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