The Timberwolves and Warriors featured a veteran point guard matchup between Minnesota’s Mike Conley and Golden State’s Chris Paul.
During the game, while diving on the floor for a loose ball after Kevon Looney and Karl-Anthony Towns became entangled, Paul attempted an ambitious hustle play.
But as he went for the ball, he seemingly lowered his shoulders into Conley’s knees.
While it’s unclear if this was deliberate or not from CP3, the guard likely could have maintained possession of the ball without making contact with Conley.
Fortunately, the Timberwolves guard was not injured on the possession. But folks within the organization were reportedly “very unhappy” about this in the locker room after the game.
But for some reason, the foul was actually called on Conley — and not Paul. This was a strange decision by the officials and one that many basketball fans did not agree with: