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Is it time to move on from the NBA’s botched officiating in the Boston Celtics loss to the Indiana Pacers?

Even Celtics fans have to be getting a bit weary of hearing about the team’s 133-131 loss to the Pacers.

Is it time to move on from the NBA’s botched officiating in the Boston Celtics loss to the Indiana Pacers? With the team’s current and former players joining the fans, the media and even longtime Celtics nemesis LeBron James complaining about how the bad calls helping to cost the Celtics a win. The current NBA news cycle has been everything the league likely wants to avoid while building stronger relationships with legal gambling.

But even Celtics fans have to be getting a bit weary of hearing about the specific instance that was the team’s 133-131 loss to the Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse this past Monday night. When is enough griping enough?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “First to the Floor” podcast explored this very question on a recent episode — after getting their own takes about the loss off their chests.

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Venting on the last two minute report then talking Celtics roster, All-Stars, and concerns

Even the media were nonplussed with how the Pacers loss went.

After the NBA in effect admitted to being a major part of the reason why the Boston Celtics lost their most recent tilt with the Indiana Pacers thanks to a pair of late blown calls in their game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse last Monday night, fans of the ball club were irate.

But it was not just the fans who were irked by the predictable outcome — even with the twist that the foul on Jaylen Brown that supposedly was not one — current and former Celtics were angry about the outcome, as was LeBron James. Even the media were sharing their disappointment with the botched calls.

Regarding the latter, on a recent episode of the NBA Sports Boston “Celtics Talk” podcast, hosts Chris Forsberg and Cerrone Battle vented their frustrations, and talked a bit about the coming All-Star Game and trade deadline.

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The Boston Celtics react to the NBA’s last two minute report on their loss to the Pacers

Derrick White said, “It doesn’t change anything … there were many things we could have done to avoid that situation.”

The NBA released their last two minute report following the contentious end to the Boston Celtics’ recent loss against the Indiana Pacers on Monday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

The report clarified that Pacers guard Buddy Hield did not foul star Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, describing the contact to the head as “minimal.” However, the league acknowledged that Indiana center Myles Turner should have been called for fouling Boston guard Derrick White in the final seconds and that Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis did not foul Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin on the last shot.

CLNS Media’s Bobby Manning had a discussion with White before Boston’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves, seeking his thoughts on the report. White said, “It doesn’t change anything … there were many things we could have done to avoid that situation … you’re upset in the moment, but we have to move on.”

Check out the clip above for the full reaction.

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Eddie House reacts to the Boston Celtics’ frustrating last two minute report

House shared his feelings about the bad calls and their impact on the game.

It wasn’t just the Boston Celtics players and their fans who were frustrated by the NBA’s bad calls that helped cost the Celtics their recent game against the Indiana Pacers, it seems. Former players for Boston also got on the airwaves to voice their displeasure with the results of the league’s last two minute report for the contest in question, including 2008 champion shooting guard and current broadcaster Eddie House.

House shared his feelings about the bad calls and their impact on the game and potentially the Celtics’ season on a recent episode of the NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics Post Up show. House let his ire rise to the surface while breaking down the potential impact that sort of officiating can have.

To hear what House had to say in his conversation with cohosts Amina Smith and Chris Forsberg, check out the clip embedded below.

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Did the NBA’s bad calls cost the Boston Celtics a game to the Indiana Pacers?

In fairness, the Celtics would never have been in such a position had they handled their business in the game’s third quarter,.

A recent Boston Celtics loss to the Indiana Pacers has the NBA’s officiating back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The Celtics fell to the Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse after a pair of botched calls by the officials robbed Boston of a chance to win the game in regulation, instead handing the tilt to Indiana on a platter.

In fairness, the Celtics would never have been in such a position had they handled their business in the game’s third quarter, a series of defensive lapses proving very costly in the long run for Boston. But the injection of the officials of their poor calls into the contest’s outcome has left a mark on the season most would like to forget.

Did the refs cost the Celtics a game to the Pacers? The hosts of the CLNS Media “The Big Three NBA” podcast recently talked through their feelings about the loss — check it out below.

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On the NBA admitting refs made game-altering mistakes in Boston Celtics loss to Indiana Pacers

The Celtics, of course, should never have been in such a position in the first place, their third-quarter defensive lapses ultimately the cause of the loss. But that’s little consolation for the refs making a bad situation worse.

The NBA recently acknowledged a critical officiating error during the Boston Celtics’ narrow defeat to the Indiana Pacers, with referees making game-altering mistakes in the final moments. The controversy revolves around two crucial calls that directly impacted the outcome of the contest.

One saw Indiana guard Buddy Hield hit Jaylen Brown on the head, and another credited a foul to Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis for contact on Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin. The NBA’s last two minute report confessed to the officiating error, not that it will help the Celtics’ winning percentage when all is said and done.

The Celtics, of course, should never have been in such a position in the first place, their third-quarter defensive lapses ultimately the cause of the loss. But that’s little consolation for the refs making a bad situation worse.

The hosts of the CLNS Media “How Bout Them Celtics!” podcast weighed in on the admission by the league in their most recent episode — check it out above!

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NBA’s Last two minute report exonerates refs in overturned call in Celtics-Pacers

They still managed to botch a key call late by their own admission however.

It seems the officials did indeed botch a critical call in the waning seconds of the Boston Celtics‘ loss to the Indiana Pacers on Monday night, though likely not on the one most were looking at as the incorrect one.

The controversial overturning of a play initially ruled a foul on Indiana’s Buddy Hield as he made contact with Jaylen Brown’s head in the final seconds of the game but changed to a fair block on review was deemed the correct call by the NBA’s last two minute report released Tuesday afternoon. But another play shortly afterward was instead ruled an incorrect call, leading to the same sort of end to a game one never wants to see as a fan or a bettor.

That would be the play that saw Kristaps Porzingis pick up a foul just seconds later on Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin, leading to two shots for Indiana that likely sealed the win for the Pacers.

Jaylen Brown calls out officiating in Boston Celtics’ controversial loss to the Pacers

“Of course I’m pissed about it,” said Brown postgame.

Playing on a ball club known for having players on it who are not afraid to complain to a referee when they think they were slighted by a call, star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is something of an exception when it comes to that sort of thing, rivaled by only Derrick White and Al Horford when it comes to not giving officials a hard time in green and white.

So Brown’s words should probably carry extra weight when he does complain. And after Monday night’s controversial loss to the Indiana Pacers, Brown did just that. A call in the game’s waning seconds with the score tied shifted what was originally called a foul that could have sealed the game for Boston into a possession and ultimately a win for Indiana upon review.

Brown, who was attacking the basket, saw a foul called on Pacers guard Buddy Hield due to contact with the Georgia native’s head — contact he would admit to Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla he thought was a foul as well — reversed, confusingly, upon review.

Did Jaylen Brown deserve his first career ejection vs. the New York Knicks?

Brown’s rare display of anger following his first career ejection in the Boston Celtics’ recent win over the New York Knicks at TD Garden took fans and analysts by surprise

Jaylen Brown’s rare display of anger and frustration following his first career ejection in the Boston Celtics’ recent win over the New York Knicks at TD Garden took fans and analysts by surprise — both when the ejection was going on late in the game as well as in the Georgia native’s animated postgame words about the incident.

The Celtics secured a 133-123 victory in what was star big man Kristaps return from injury after an extended absence, but the attention was — perhaps unfairly — shifted to Brown’s frustration and subsequent ejection due to two quick, consecutive technical fouls in the fourth quarter many felt were unearned by the NBPA VP.

Hosts of the CLNS Media “Garden Report” podcast Bobby Manning and Josue Pavon discussed whether the Cal alum was unfairly bounced by the officials in the win over the Knicks, as well as the state of officiating early in the season.

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What was the official reasoning given for Jaylen Brown’s ejection vs. the New York Knicks Friday?

“The first technical foul was called for use of profanity,” said the tilt’s crew chief.

What was the official reasoning given by the officials for Jaylen Brown’s ejection vs. the New York Knicks Friday? In a recent Pool Report interview conducted by Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe, crew chief Mark Lindsay shed light on the circumstances that led to Jaylen Brown receiving two technical fouls during the Knicks’ loss to the Boston Celtics.

“The first technical foul was called for use of profanity toward a game official,” said the crew chief; Lindsay did not elaborate on the specific words used, but Brown’s choice of language towards the official crossed a threshold that warranted a technical foul in the eyes of officials.

“I’ve been on the sidelines in the NBA for five years, and I’ve seen players act and say things that are way more disrespectful than that,” observed Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla on learning the official reasoning.

“The second technical foul was called for a wave off directed at the official which under the respect of the game guidelines is considered an overt gesture and an unsportsmanlike act,” said Lindsay about the rationale for Brown’s second, ejecting technical foul — the first of his career.

Brown disputed this account postgame, claiming the referee in question made the call “from the other side of the court”  which the NBPA VP characterized as “a clear example of somebody exercising their power to try to get somebody thrown out of the game.”

While the latter half of Brown’s claim is a subjective one, it did take most by surprise — and was called from a considerable distance, lending credence to those who felt the ejection was unwarranted.

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