Was This Kevin Durant Play The Worst Missed Call In NBA History?
Kevin Durant was out of bounds. There was no question about it. None. Yet somehow, officials allowed the play to continue and theGolden State Warriors benefited, as Stephen Curry buried a jumper. It was, quite possibly, the worst missed call in NBA history.
Watch:
How on Earth do you miss that?
The Warriors wound up losing on the next play, as James Harden nailed a clutch 3-pointer to give the Houston Rockets a 135-134 win in overtime. Ball don’t lie and all that.
But let’s get back to the play. Twitter went nuts afterwards, check it out:
Kevin Durant, quite literally, could not have been more out-of-bounds pic.twitter.com/4qs4XQbYG6
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 4, 2019
houston's bench all saw Durant way out of bounds pic.twitter.com/aD9OZXaSCc
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 4, 2019
NBA refs when Kevin Durant was two feet out of bounds in overtime pic.twitter.com/pUwISVqt52
— ITH (@IthWylie) January 4, 2019
NBA officials watching Kevin Durant step out of bounds pic.twitter.com/A43mHLoCD0
— Chase Hoehn (@MakeItHoehn19) January 4, 2019
lmao Durant clearly out of bounds pic.twitter.com/ogzb1FEnWB
— Ⓜ️arcusD ▶️ (@_MarcusD3_) January 4, 2019
Ayy man ?. How much the #Warriors pay the refs because Kevin Durant couldn’t have been more out of bounds on this play lol.
— Skubie Mageza KWQC-TV6 (@Skubie3Mageza) January 4, 2019
Terrible missed call. pic.twitter.com/y4MF6WZMg0
Let’s not let James Harden’s brilliance obscure the fact that officials ruled Kevin Durant inbounds on this play. pic.twitter.com/k8I6tQyxb5
— Dustin (@dustinjkent) January 4, 2019
I don't know what was more amazing. James Harden dagger 3-pointer with 2 defenders in him. Or Kevin Durant not being called out of bounds on this play. #NBA pic.twitter.com/LxVCNz13Vm
— Michael Kinney (@EyeAmTruth) January 4, 2019
Calling Kevin Durant in bounds here could go down as the worst call in the history of life pic.twitter.com/lToDGHHPrY
— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) January 4, 2019