NBA’s Last Two Minute Report confirms clean Cavs win over Pistons in Game 5

Officiating has been a topic of conversation during the entire second-round series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons.

At the start of the series, there was discussion about Donovan Mitchell not getting to the foul line enough. In the second half of the series, the discussion turned to Pistons’ head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, bemoaning the free-throw disparity between the two teams.

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That trend continued after Cleveland’s Game 5 victory.

Bickerstaff believed that his team was on the wrong end of a few missed calls down the stretch, including a possible loose-ball foul on Jarrett Allen in the closing seconds of regulation.

“[Allen] fouled Ausar [Thompson],” Bickerstaff said postgame. “It’s clear. He trips him when he’s going for a loose ball. End of game situation, that’s tough.”

If it had been called a foul, the Pistons would’ve been awarded two free throws in the final second to break what was a tie game.

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Tony Brothers, the crew chief from Game 5, defended his call afterward in the Pool Report with Coty Davis of Detroit News.

“During live play, both players were going for the ball and there was incidental contact with the legs with no player having possession of the ball,” Brothers said.

He then confirmed that a foul shouldn’t have been called when asked to clarify.

“No, there was no incidental contact on the play,” Brothers said. “The play will be reviewed by the league office tomorrow and will be posted in the L2M (Last Two Minute Report).”

Well, the Last Two Minute Report is out, and it backs up Brother’s statements. This wasn’t a foul.

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According to the report:

“Allen (CLE) and Thompson (DET) legally step to the same spot while pursuing the loose ball [before either player has possession], and both lose their balance from the marginal contact.”

Additionally, the report states that there were no…

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Publish date : 2026-05-14 21:57:00

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