In news that is surprising to nobody, NBA officials got a call wrong in the Portland Trail Blazers / Miami Heat game in which Portland lost to a Heat roster missing its most important players. Slightly more surprising: officials admitted they got one wrong.

In the NBA Officials’ Last Two Minute (L2M) report for last night’s game, there was but one single incorrect call with 28 seconds left in the game off a Blazers miss trailing the Heat by five:

Powell (MIA) clamps and holds Avdija’s (POR) left arm, which affects his ability to pursue the rebound.

Would this foul have changed the outcome of the game? Probably not.

Even if it had been called and Portland made both free throws, Miami up three with the ball with just over a shot clock’s worth of time left would be firmly in the driver’s

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