The amount of foul disparities happening in the playoffs this year has raised many eyebrows this season. However, the league recognized the technical foul on Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves guard, that the referee gave in the second half. The ESPN insider, Dave McMenamin, announced recently that the NBA has “rescinded” the technical foul on Edwards in Game 1 of the playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. Down the third quarter in Game 1, Anthony was called out for staring at Reggie Jackson after scoring the basket.

However, even the judging system for the NBA has not been all good in the playoffs and it has received criticism from NBA legend Reggie Miller. The 5x NBA All-Star went out for Jamal Murray‘s shooting gun action after scoring a three in the fourth quarter of the game. “If you call to stare down at one end, why is this not a technical foul on Jamal Murray?” the former Pacers legend aired his agitation on the partiality.

Miller’s frustration with the NBA referees seems to be genuine, as there have been wrong and missed calls this season that even affected some important games. One of the prime prospects for the statement was the Miami Heat’s loss at Indiana when the NBA admitted to having committed two mistakes- one wrong call, and one missed call. Another such case was Game 2 of playoffs between the Knicks and the Sixers, where the referee did not respond to coach Nick Nurse’s request for a time-out.

A Missed Call on Anthony Edwards that could have Gone Unnoticed!

The technical foul was not the only wrong call made by the referees. While calling the game-1 for TNT, Reggie pointed out another foul that was missed by the authorities. In the second quarter, while Edwards was making a play against Nuggets’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, the latter did what looked like a blatant foul, but the referee did not notice it. However, it created a loose ball for the Nuggets that resulted in Nikola Jokic and Christian Braun scoring a basket through an alley-oop.

Edwards was sure of the foul and called out for a replay, opposing the referee’s decision. It then came out that Caldwell-Pope almost simulated a chopping hand to get the ball away from Edwards’ hands, resulting in a foul. Considering the level of second-round playoffs, that foul should have been called on the court itself. But it did not happen.

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Nevertheless, the court seems like a whirlpool of chaos as the plays are set up at a high speed in the final minutes of the games. So, sometimes, it becomes difficult even for the referees to notice such details with their human instincts. At last, the referees are also humans, but the league might even demand superhumans for the role, considering its level and prestige.