Miller: Refs swallow whistle in last two minutes

If you’re one of the three people who’ve yet to read or hear about the chaos that took place on the final sequence of the OKC-Spurs game Monday night, here’s about as thorough an explanation as you’re going to get. Everyone is still talking about all the missed calls on that one play. Five, to be exact, as ruled by the NBA Tuesday.

The highlight — or lowlight — mishap was Dion Waiters, the OKC inbounder, shoving Manu Ginobili to clear space. No call. Somehow. Game 2’s lead official Ken Mauer said immediately after the game that Waiters should have been whistled for a foul and the Spurs should’ve been given the ball down one with time to set up for a final shot.

But that, again, wasn’t the only missed call. What happened from there was total chaos, players grabbing each other, even fans grabbing players. Through it all, not a single whistle — which came as no surprise to Hall of Famer and current TNT …

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