The NBA also has problems with VAR

Eastern Conference Finals scenario NBAthe one who is Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, takes the odds of suspense, arbitration controversies and epics on both sides to the limit, with a series of 180-degree turns. The Clover franchise faces a chance to make history: never before has anyone come back from 0-3. And, for now, he obliged equalizer.

But on the way to that point, it’s Florida fans who are the most angry arbitration. Because The NBA also has problems with VAR, If the parallelism with football pays off. The latest relates to the last game, in a sport where two tenths of a second can change the outcome.

With two Miami deficits on the scoreboard, the referees called a three-shot foul Jimmy Butler and the clock stopped 2.1 seconds. The Boston bench called for a review of the play and they canceled the timeout. they approved another nine tenths.

Certainly, the Celtics could question whether the foul could have been before the shooting action. But the whistling contact happened when the clock was already under three seconds.

Butler made all three free throws. And in Boston’s last attack, Derrick White appeared out of nowhere to applaud the last tenth and turn the marker.

In the first match of the final, there was another episode that did not affect the final result, but it gave a much-talked-about result. The team won spoelstra, 118-107, with an account of Butler. Namely, in his game towards the end of the clash, which left him already very decanted, he sees one of the referees made a gesture that seemed unequivocal, as any fan might do when he realizes he’s just dealt the final blow to his team.

Going further back in time, there was another meeting that caused criticism and discomfort, again with the Celtics. It was during one of his visits lakers. With the score tied at 105 LeBron James tries to leave the ball in the ring and is awarded an indisputable personal foul Tatum, a blow to the forearm when he was about to throw the ball into the ring. None of the three judges saw anything. The match went to overtime and Boston won.

Soon after, the NBA opened a investigation about the referee of that match, Eric Lewis, due to the suspicion that he has an account on a social network, under a false name, in order to defend himself from criticism. And this is the same referee who raised suspicions because his family appeared in a photo in Celtics gear.

The Boston Celtics face the challenge of being the first to come back from 0-3 in the playoffs

The Boston Celtics They face an opportunity to become the first in NBA history to overcome a negative 0-3 in the playoffs. The deciding match will be played at Boston Garden in the early hours of the morning From Monday to Tuesday, from 2:30 p.m.

To date, there are three series that have gone to a seventh game after going 0-3. And in none of them was the return completed.

The first is related to the season 50/51. New York Knicks they managed to tie it against the Rochester Royals. But the Royals won the seventh, 79-75.

in the campaign 93/94 Denver Nuggets de Mutombo lost his first three games against the Utah Jazz’s Karl Malone and John Stockton. They won the next three and lost in the deciding game in Salt Lake City: 91-81.

in 2002/2003 Portland Trail Blazers they remained like honey on their lips against Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks, who did not fail in the tiebreak: 107-95.

This time the bets are in favor of the Celtics because they are playing in the Boston Garden and because it is a miracle that the Miami Heat are pushing them to the limit.