L2M report sides with Semi. He did not foul Lillard.
http://official.nba.com/last-two-minute-report/
Thanks. TP. Here is the actual link:
http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/02/L2M-POR-BOS-02-04-2018.pdf
This is the description:
Ojeleye (BOS) is in a legal guarding position and jumps vertically contesting Lillard's (POR) driving shot attempt. The contact is initiated by Lillard.
I guess this is just another example of refs erring on the side of stars and away from rookies. Fortunately it didn't affect the outcome of the game.
It's amazing how often they do get it right. And kudos to the league for the confidence to critique their own referees' decisions in public, and after the fact.
Ojeleye made good use of his crunch-time minutes in this game.
At 4:18 of the 4th, makes a corner three to cut the lead to three.
Drew the charge on Nurkic at 2:37. Taking one for the team.
At 2:05 he's uptop and delivers the pass to Tatum for the assist. Good to see him getting more involved in the offense. Reading in this thread, I think that there's some misunderstanding of how much the coaches allow a guy like him to do. He does not have the green light to freelance, and they are not running anything for him.
At 1:08 gets Lillard on the switch and contains the drive. Good, not great, contest on a jab step, and the three falls.
At :52 gets the offensive board, though Tatum misses the second shot. Recently Semi's upped his rebounding - two offensive, four defensive in 28 minutes in this game - which is at least encouraging given his output so far.
The and one on Lillard he's swinging his arm down, as Scal points out. That's maybe what the ref saw - though he doesn't make contact.