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Jazz Edge Celtics 105-103 on Nurkic’s Late Putback After Controversial No-Call

Officials said both players slipped before contact.

Overview

  • With under a minute left, Keyonte George fell in front of Jaylen Brown, who stumbled and lost possession, and Utah turned the turnover into an alley-oop to Lauri Markkanen for the lead.
  • After Boston tied it, the Jazz secured an offensive board and Jusuf Nurkic hit the decisive putback with 0.6 seconds remaining at TD Garden.
  • Jaylen Brown blasted the non-call as "unacceptable" and said the mistake "cost us the game."
  • Crew chief Kevin Scott told a pool reporter the crew observed both players slip before any contact, so no foul was called.
  • Boston went 11-for-51 from three and was outrebounded by 19, and coach Joe Mazzulla said he received no explanation for the ruling.