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NBA says AJ Dybantsa traveled before his shot that forced double overtime, one of six missed calls in the Pistons’ 144-140 win over the Wizards
The league’s Last Two Minute report says AJ Dybantsa moved his pivot foot before the jumper that tied Pistons-Wizards in the first overtime, and found five more errors in a game Detroit won 144-140. In Phoenix, two missed calls went Charlotte’s way.
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The NBA says AJ Dybantsa traveled before the pull-up jumper that sent Thursday’s Pistons-Wizards game into a second overtime, one of six wrong calls or non-calls it found in the last two minutes of regulation and both overtimes of Detroit’s 144-140 win in Washington. The league’s Last Two Minute report, posted on Friday afternoon ET, reviewed 44 plays from the night Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 52.
By the report’s count, three of the errors helped Washington and two helped Detroit, and one was not assigned to either team. All three that went the Wizards’ way came in the first overtime, on possessions in which Washington scored or kept the ball. A second report, from Phoenix’s 101-96 win over Charlotte, found two missed calls, and both went in the Hornets’ favor. Reports cannot change results.
The travel before the tying shot
Detroit led 132-130 after Duncan Robinson’s jumper with 9.6 seconds left in the first overtime, and Washington called timeout. On the next possession, the report says, “Dybantsa (WAS) moves his pivot foot prior to releasing his dribble,” and it rates the lack of a whistle at 4.9 seconds an incorrect non-call. Dybantsa kept going and hit a seven-foot pull-up, assisted by Trae Young, with 2.8 seconds left to tie it 132-132. A traveling call would have given Detroit the ball with a two-point lead.
The report found two more errors earlier in that overtime. With Washington up 128-127, it says Young “moves his pivot foot prior to releasing his dribble” at 1:23, an incorrect non-call, and seconds later Anthony Davis finished an alley-oop from Young for a 130-127 lead. Then, at 55.7 seconds, the ball went out of bounds off Bilal Coulibaly, but the officials gave it to the Wizards. “Possession should have been awarded to the Pistons,” the report says. Washington did not score on that trip, and Cunningham’s 26-foot three tied it 130-130 with 33.1 seconds left.
Two that went Detroit’s way
The first came in regulation. Detroit led 116-113 with 1:40 left when Dybantsa lost the ball. The report says Ausar Thompson “initiates contact with Dybantsa’s (WAS) arm that causes him to lose control of the ball,” and that a foul should have been called. The Pistons took possession, but Cunningham missed a jumper on the next trip.
The second came in the second overtime, with Detroit up 140-136. The report says Thompson “moves laterally into Young (WAS), affecting his driving shot attempt” at 1:35.8, an incorrect non-call that would have sent Young to the line for two. Young missed the floater. Young made all 17 of his free throws in the game.
Moments later the officials stopped play with a held-ball whistle after Alex Sarr knocked the ball loose from Paul Reed. The report says Sarr’s contact was legal and that, because Reed lost the ball as he came back to the floor, “a held ball should not have been whistled.” On the jump ball that followed, the ball went out off Cunningham, and Coulibaly dunked with 1:14 left to make it 140-138. The report does not count that play for either team. Cunningham’s 12-foot jumper with 25.3 seconds left and two Kevin Huerter free throws closed it out.
| Period, time left | Score | Play | League ruling | Favored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th, 1:40.2 | DET 116-113 | Thompson contact on Dybantsa’s arm, ball lost | Incorrect non-call | Pistons |
| OT1, 1:23 | WAS 128-127 | Young moves pivot foot before dribble | Incorrect non-call | Wizards |
| OT1, 0:55.7 | WAS 130-127 | Out of bounds off Coulibaly, Wizards ball | Incorrect call (should be Pistons ball) | Wizards |
| OT1, 0:04.9 | DET 132-130 | Dybantsa moves pivot foot before dribble | Incorrect non-call | Wizards |
| OT2, 1:35.8 | DET 140-136 | Thompson moves into Young on drive | Incorrect non-call | Pistons |
| OT2, 1:24.3 | DET 140-136 | Held ball whistled on Reed | Incorrect call | Not assigned |
The calls it backed
The report rated the other 38 plays correct. That includes the coach’s challenge Washington lost with 26.4 seconds left in regulation, when Dybantsa was called for a foul on Cunningham. The report says Dybantsa “moves forward into Cunningham’s (DET) space and makes head to head contact,” and Cunningham made both free throws for a 119-118 lead.
It also explains the 24-second violation that gave Detroit the ball with 2.4 seconds left in regulation. After Cunningham blocked Young, Cunningham tipped the ball out of bounds before the shot clock ran out, but the whistle did not come until after it had expired. “Because this play is not reviewable, a 24 second violation is correctly ruled on this play and the clock was reset to 2.4 seconds,” the report says. Tre Johnson fouled Cunningham, who made both free throws for a 121-118 lead, before Young’s 29-foot three tied it with 1.1 seconds left. The report rates Ronald Holland II’s contest on that shot as legal. The crew was JB DeRosa, Aaron Smith and Jenna Schroeder.
Phoenix: two misses that helped Charlotte
In Phoenix’s 101-96 win over Charlotte, the Suns led 94-91 when, the report says, Naz Reid “extends both hands forward and initiates contact with Booker (PHX) that affects his SQBR,” the league’s shorthand for speed, quickness, balance and rhythm. It rates the play an incorrect non-call at 32.4 seconds. Phoenix kept the ball anyway, and Devin Booker hit a 28-foot step-back three for a 97-91 lead.
The second came on the next inbound. The report says Sion James “does not inbound the ball within five seconds” at 23.0 seconds, which would have given the ball back to Phoenix. Instead, James found Royce O’Neale, who hit a three and was fouled by Dillon Brooks for a four-point play that made it 97-95. The Suns challenged the foul and lost. The report says Brooks “moves through O’Neale and initiates contact with his upper body that affects his follow-through.”
Charlotte did not get closer. Grayson Allen fouled Miles Bridges, who made two free throws with 18.4 seconds left, and the Hornets also lost a challenge on Allen’s foul on Booker, which the report rates correct. The report reviewed 16 plays, and the other 14 were rated correct. The crew was Eric Dalen, Scott Foster and Matt Myers. Thursday’s other two games, Philadelphia’s 123-112 win over Toronto and Minnesota’s 133-94 win over Dallas, did not qualify for a report.
How the reports work
The league publishes a Last Two Minute report the day after any game that is within three points at any time in the last two minutes, and for any overtime. A play is only marked wrong when the video evidence is clear. Thursday’s reports follow the league’s reports from Wednesday’s Celtics-Raptors and Nuggets-Grizzlies games, which found two wrong calls in Boston’s favor during its comeback in Toronto. For more on Thursday night in Washington, read what J.B. Bickerstaff said about the Pistons’ defense.
The Pistons, 8-3, visit the Miami Heat on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. ET, 3 a.m. Sunday in Cairo. The Wizards, 4-9, host the Houston Rockets on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. ET, 2 a.m. Monday in Cairo. Follow every league-wide story on our Around the league page.
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