Warriors' Steve Kerr: Missed Nuggets Timeout Call in NBA Cup Loss 'Makes Me Angry'

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was less than enthused when the officials missed Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun signaling for a timeout in the final moments of Golden State's 119-115 loss.

Braun dove for a loose ball and tried to call a timeout after gaining possession with a little under four seconds remaining. The Nuggets were out of timeouts, though, so they should've been whistled for a technical foul.

"Braun called a timeout. He dove on the floor, he rolled over," Kerr told reporters. "Everybody saw it except for the three guys we hire to do the games, and that makes me angry. That's a technical foul. They don't have a timeout left. We shoot a free throw, we get the ball, we got a chance to win the game.

"They [the officials] all told me they didn't see it. ... It's up to the referees to see [it]. That's why we have three of them. Somebody's got to see it. So yeah, that made me mad."

As Kerr explained, there was at least a chance for Golden State to tie the game up. Sinking the ensuing free throw after the technical foul would've put the Warriors within three. From there, they could've put the ball in Stephen Curry's hands to potentially force overtime.

Addressing the situation, crew chief Tyler Ford said in the postgame pool report that Braun "never fully or clearly signaled for a timeout."

Not surprisingly, Braun said he wasn't gesturing for a timeout:

In the referees' defense, it wasn't as though Braun tried calling a timeout for multiple seconds to no avail. At the same time, the brief moment when he raised his hands off the ball could be interpreted as a timeout signal before he quickly realized his mistake.

As with a lot of instances when there's a disputed officiating decision at the end of the game, the Warriors only have themselves to blame for getting in that position in the first place.

Golden State led by six points with 2:32 remaining and didn't score for the rest of the game. Kerr himself acknowledged his team "lost because we didn't close."

This has been a recurring problem for the Warriors. They have the seventh-worst net rating (minus-3.5) in the fourth quarter, per NBA.com.

But losing streaks, such as the one Golden State is enduring, will always increase the sense of frustration when contentious calls don't go your way.