NBA L2M Reveals Refs Made 4 Incorrect Calls During Warriors' Play-In Win vs. Grizzlies

The performance from the officiating crew of Josh Tiven, Bill Kennedy and Nick Buchert left plenty to be desired during Tuesday's Western Conference play-in tournament game between the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies.

On Wednesday, the NBA released the Last Two Minute Report from Golden State's 121-116 win and revealed there were four important mistakes in crunch time.

Two of them came in the final 37 seconds, as officials should not have called a foul on Brandin Podziemski's clean block of Scotty Pippen Jr. on a breakaway. Pippen made one of his two free throws for Memphis and cut Golden State's lead to just three.

That benefited the Grizzlies, but another key call helped the Warriors when Ja Morant knocked the ball off Stephen Curry's hand with 7.3 seconds remaining just for officials to give possession to Golden State.

Other missed calls in the final two minutes included officials not calling Draymond Green for what would have been his sixth and final foul with 1:29 remaining and officials missing what should have been an offensive goaltending on Zach Edey with 1:28 left. The correct call in that situation would have nullified his putback that trimmed Golden State's lead to 114-111.

Yet it wasn't all bad by the officials.

The Last Two Minute Report revealed officials correctly whistled the Grizzlies for a five-second violation with 5.4 seconds remaining when they were unable to inbound the ball and potentially tie the game while trailing by three.

Despite the inconsistent officiating, Golden State managed a five-point win thanks largely to Curry and Jimmy Butler.

Curry connected on multiple three-pointers in crunch time to keep the Grizzlies at bay, while Butler was dominant on his way to 38 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. Curry added 36 points, eight rebounds and four assists with those clutch shots.

Golden State earned the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference as a result and will face the second-seeded Houston Rockets in the first round.

While Houston will have home-court advantage, it will be difficult dealing with the Curry-Butler combination over the course of a best-of-seven series. It will also be difficult eliminating a team with championship DNA from recent years.

But both teams surely hope the officiating is better than it was Tuesday.