Depending on who you ask hand is part of the ball. In real time it looked like a clean stuff. I wont blame the refs for this collapse. The Hornets played like crap the final 7 minutes.
What's crazier is the replay showed that neither he nor the ball was out of bounds yet they didn't even review it. I thought that was the protocol under 2 min. Hmm
Actually if you ask NBA refs, the hand is not part of the ball. That was clearly a foul. Although it's true that the Hornets have themselves to blame for the collapse, they still would have won if not for the two atrocious calls in the last minute... that's the security a 25pt lead is supposed to give you. Nevertheless, this is probably the best for the league and us fans as no one really wants to see the Jazz in the playoffs.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>New Orleans rookie Austin Rivers will miss 4-to-6 weeks with a broken hand, Hornets say.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/309522297922912256">March 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It kills me seeing the Lakers eek out these close wins. The came back from 20 point deficits against the Bobcats twice. A 26 point deficit tonight. F that team.
