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I thought it was a block watching the play live, but I don't see how you overturn what was called live with that replay. And saying this has never happened in the history of the playoffs may be true, but the review rule has only been in place in the last 5 seasons, so not a huge sample size.
As for the bad calls, there were bad calls both ways throughout the game. It's unfortunate that these were at the end of a close game.
Cleveland had a great chance to win when Smith got the rebound. If he goes back up with it, maybe he makes the shot, maybe he gets fouled. But to not get a shot up is terrible. You've got to know time and score. With under 5 seconds left and a tie game, you get an offensive rebound off the free throw, you have to take it back up, especially with the confusion that ensued due to no one expecting Hill to miss. Smith could've had a wide open 18 footer for the win. If he was trying to call a timeout, that should've happened right away. Just a brain fart that really cost his team a good chance to win.
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