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Refs stand firm on controversial late call on DeRozan vs. Warriors

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The officials would like to correct DeMar DeRozan.

In Sunday's Last Two-Minute Report, the NBA deemed this late call on the Toronto Raptors shooting guard to be correct:

The original call was for the Raptors to retain possession after the ball went out of bounds off Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry in the dying moments of Saturday's tight contest.

During the review, however, the officials in Toronto and at the Replay Center rewound the footage to seconds earlier when the ball touched DeRozan's leg while part of his body was out of bounds, and overturned the call, giving the Warriors possession while up three with as many seconds remaining.

DeRozan was livid following the 127-125 loss, telling reporters: "I thought you couldn't even do that. I'm not even a referee and I know that rule. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong."

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban agreed, calling the call "protestable" on Twitter since "refs can't go back in time for a review."

Nonetheless, officials stuck by the call, noting in the report, "Referees were able to review two aspects of this out-of-bounds play since they were part of the same sequence."

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