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NBAs Last Two-Minute Report Reveals Missed Call in Nuggets-Lakers Game: Fans and Analysts React

The NBAs last two-minute report confirmed a missed call in the Denver Nuggets overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. With nine point nine seconds left in regulation, Spencer Jones cleanly stripped the ball from Austin Reaves on an inbound pass, but officials called a foul instead. This gave Reaves two free throws, putting the Lakers ahead by one. The free throws kept the clock from running and shifted momentum, leading to another chance that sealed regulation. The Lakers then won in overtime, one twenty-seven to one twenty-five. Fans and analysts are fired up over the blunder, with pundits on the Brian Windhorst and the Hoop Collective podcast pointing out how the refs whistle handed the Lakers the edge. The call cost the Nuggets more than the game—it handed the playoff seeding tiebreaker to the Lakers. Denver had gone three for four in key tiebreakers, winning season series against the Timberwolves, Suns, and Rockets. Now out of contention for a four-way tiebreaker in the tight Western Conference race, the Nuggets face tougher seeding odds.

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