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NBA's L2M Report: Refs Were Correct in Kevin Durant, Warriors' Loss to T-Wolves

Timothy Rapp

Mar 31, 2019

The Golden State Warriors may feel as though they were robbed against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night, but the NBA doesn't agree.

According to the league's two-minute report (h/t Mark Medina of the Mercury News), the NBA agreed with official Marat Kogut's ruling that Minnesota's Keita Bates-Diop fouled Kevin Durant before he sunk what would have been a game-tying shot with just 4.4 second remaining in the overtime session.

The two-minute report noted that Bates-Dip "places two hands on Durant and makes contact with him prior to the start of his upward shooting motion."

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The league also backed Leon Wood's decision to call a foul on Durant with less than a second remaining for fouling Karl-Anthony Towns. While the Warriors disputed the call on the basis of the inbound from Anthony Tolliver flying out of bounds, the two-minute report noted that "the path of the throw-in has no bearing on the illegal action."