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The NBA's Last Two Minute Report confirmed Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen was indeed fouled in the final seconds of a Game 4 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday afternoon.
The foul was not called and Allen turned it over, ultimately setting up a Joe Harris intentional foul that would salt things away for the Sixers:
Sean Marks may have had different beef, but Kenny Atkinson was right to have an issue w/ Tobias Harris getting away w/ a "wrap" foul on Jarrett Allen's roll to the basket before his game-deciding turnover. pic.twitter.com/m0gW597J3d
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 21, 2019
The Nets were irate at this blown call, which ultimately set up GM Sean Marks going into the officials' locker room, as he intended to complain about flagrant foul calls on Joel Embiid in Games 2 and 4 that were deemed Flagrant 1s instead of Flagrant 2s and consequent ejections.
Nets coach Kenny Atkinson was also in disbelief at the blown call at the end of the game:
“So the big point of emphasis this year was the wrapping, wrapping the player when he rolls to the rim,” Atkinson said after Saturday's loss, according to ESPN's Tim Bontemps. “Judge for yourself if you watch the clip, but there was a clear wrap by Tobias Harris on the roll.
“I am just disappointed. That was a point of emphasis on day one at the coaches' meetings — that they were going to emphasize that at the beginning of the game, the end of the game and all season. So how that all of a sudden doesn't become a foul on the wrap, I don't understand that.”
Allen has been at the wrong end of the whistle on all three calls — first whacked with an elbow to the chin on an Embiid spin move, then hacked across the face by Embiid on a layup attempt, and ultimately wrapped up by Tobias Harris during a potential game-tying situation, getting no whistle to acknowledge it.
For the Nets, it certainly feels like more than an unlucky coincidence.
