Philadelphia 76ers’ Nick Nurse Goes Ballistic On Officials After Wild Ending In Loss To Los Angeles Clippers

Philadelphia 76ers’ Nick Nurse Speaks Up on Wild Ending Vs. Clippers

After the game. Nurse doubled down on his stance that a foul should have been called on George.

“I thought there was certainly contact. I thought there was enough contact to call. But we turned it over twice at the end,” Nurse told reporters during the postgame press conference (via NBC Philadelphia’s John Clark).

What makes the loss even tougher to swallow for the 76ers was the postgame admission by the refs, per Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer).

NBA refereee Kevin Scott on the final play of the Sixers vs. Clippers game: “On the last play on the floor, in real time the crew interpreted that play as the defender jumping vertically. However, in post-game video review we did observe some slight drift to his left by the defender George, and a foul should have been ruled.”

The 76ers are still fighting for one of the six guaranteed playoff spots in the Eastern Conference, but back-to-back losses to the Sacramento Kings and the Clippers hurt Philly’s chances to do just that. Nevertheless, the Sixers are still just 1.5 games out of the top six in the East heading into a showdown against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road this Friday.