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Sun, February 23, 2025 · 2024-25

MEM @ CLE

MEM 123 — CLE 129
Calls reviewed
18
Graded incorrect
2
Officials
Nick Buchert, Courtney Kirkland, Brandon Schwab

Q4

  • 01:40.4 Foul: Shooting Correct call
    Donovan Mitchell on Ja Morant

    Mitchell (CLE) initiates contact to Morant's (MEM) arm, which affects his driving shot attempt.

  • 01:22.9 Foul: Loose Ball Correct non-call
    Ja Morant on Jarrett Allen

    Morant (MEM) briefly has his arms around Allen (CLE) during the rebound but the contact is marginal.

  • 01:19.2 Foul: Shooting Correct non-call
    Santi Aldama on Donovan Mitchell

    Aldama (MEM) places his left arm against Mitchell's (CLE) body and the contact during the dunk is marginal.

  • 01:13.3 Turnover: Traveling Correct non-call
    Jaren Jackson Jr. on Cavaliers

    Jackson Jr. (MEM) gathers the ball on his right foot and takes two steps before the shot attempt.

  • 01:13.3 Foul: Personal Correct non-call
    Jarrett Allen on Jaren Jackson Jr.

    Allen (CLE) absorbs the body contact initiated by Jackson Jr. (MEM) during the driving shot attempt.

  • 01:11.9 Foul: Offensive Correct non-call
    Donovan Mitchell on Desmond Bane

    Mitchell (CLE) has his hands placed against Bane (MEM) before releasing to receive the throw-in.

  • 00:56.8 Foul: Shooting Correct non-call
    Ja Morant on Donovan Mitchell

    Morant (MEM) legally contests Mitchell's (CLE) jump shot, making "high-five" contact after the ball is released.

  • 00:42.4 Foul: Shooting Correct call
    Jarrett Allen on Jaren Jackson Jr.

    Allen (CLE) initiates more than marginal contact with Jackson Jr.'s (MEM) arm, which affects his driving shot attempt.

  • 00:27.2 Violation: Delay of Game Correct call
    Grizzlies on Cavaliers

    Memphis is correctly assessed a delay-of-game violation.

  • 00:27.2 Foul: Shooting Correct call
    Ja Morant on Donovan Mitchell

    Morant (MEM) lowers his arm and initiates contact with Mitchell's (CLE) head, which affects his driving shot attempt.

  • 00:23.3 Foul: Personal Incorrect call
    Max Strus on Jaren Jackson Jr.

    Jackson Jr. (MEM) clamps and holds Strus's (CLE) arm as he passes and an offensive foul on Jackson Jr. was warranted rather than the foul on Strus.

  • 00:20.1 Foul: Personal Correct call
    Santi Aldama on Max Strus

    Aldama (MEM) reaches in and initiates contact to Strus's (CLE) arm, which affects his control of the ball.

  • 00:15.6 Foul: Shooting Correct call
    De'Andre Hunter on Ja Morant

    Hunter (CLE) moves laterally into Morant's (MEM) path and initiates contact to his body, which affects Morant's driving shot attempt.

  • 00:09.0 Foul: Personal Correct call
    Ja Morant on Donovan Mitchell

    Morant (MEM) does not establish a legal guarding position in Mitchell's (CLE) path when he initiates contact to his body, which affects Mitchell's SQBR.

  • 00:09.0 Foul: Offensive Incorrect non-call
    Jaren Jackson Jr. on Evan Mobley

    Jackson Jr. (MEM) illegally extends into Mobley's (CLE) path and continues to move backwards, affecting Mobley's ability to contest the impending jump shot.

  • 00:06.0 Foul: Loose Ball Correct non-call
    Isaac Okoro on Desmond Bane

    Okoro (CLE) and Bane (MEM) briefly engage and disengage during the rebound.

  • 00:00.8 Foul: Personal Correct non-call
    Luke Kennard on Isaac Okoro

    Kennard (MEM) makes clean contact to the ball prior to making incidental contact with Okoro's body as both players come together to get to the incoming pass.

  • 00:00.2 Turnover: Stepped out of Bounds Correct non-call
    Isaac Okoro on Grizzlies

    Okoro (CLE) avoids making contact to the ball as he steps out of bounds prior to the expiration of the game clock.

Verdicts and comments are the NBA's, published in its Last Two Minute Report. Only games within three points at the two-minute mark are reviewed, so this is officiating under maximum scrutiny rather than a sample of officiating generally.

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