2014 NBA Playoffs: Oklahoma City Thunder's wild ride
Controversial Play
Doc Rivers was waiting for the question.
He'd just watched his team blow a 14-point lead with four minutes left, and a seven-point lead with 47 seconds left. But what was on his mind was a controversial replay review that awarded the Thunder possession with 11.1 seconds left, with the Clippers leading 104-102.
"That's a game-defining, and possibly series-defining call," Rivers said. But he wasn't done.
"That's a bunch of crap and y'all know it," he said.
"That was our ball. We got robbed."
"That was a brutal call and it cost us the game."
It only did because the Thunder were able to capitalize, winning the game 105-104 on three free throws from Russell Westbrook, as Kevin Durant sat with his back turned in the opposite corner.
Rivers was fined $25,000 for his comments, and the league backed the officials' decision to give the ball to the Thunder.
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