{"id":478829,"date":"2026-01-14T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=478829"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:00:47","slug":"nba-backs-mazzulla-last-two-minutes-report-says-siakam-screen-was-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-backs-mazzulla-last-two-minutes-report-says-siakam-screen-was-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA backs Mazzulla: Last Two Minutes Report says Siakam screen was illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1921\">The NBA supported <strong data-start=\"1689\" data-end=\"1705\">Joe Mazzulla<\/strong> by stating in its <strong data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1751\">Last Two Minutes Report<\/strong> that <strong data-start=\"1757\" data-end=\"1774\">Pascal Siakam<\/strong> set an illegal screen late in the <strong data-start=\"1809\" data-end=\"1821\">Celtics\u2019<\/strong> loss to the <strong data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"1844\">Pacers<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1848\" \/>The league ruled it an <strong data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1893\">incorrect non-call<\/strong> on the decisive possession.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1923\" data-end=\"2208\">The play in question: Siakam screened near the top of the arc, <strong data-start=\"1986\" data-end=\"2003\">Derrick White<\/strong> lost balance, and Siakam then got the ball back from <strong data-start=\"2057\" data-end=\"2076\">Andrew Nembhard<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"2077\" data-end=\"2080\" \/>He pump-faked, stepped inside the foul line and hit the leaning bank shot with <strong data-start=\"2159\" data-end=\"2174\">6.1 seconds<\/strong> left for Indiana\u2019s <strong data-start=\"2194\" data-end=\"2203\">98-96<\/strong> win.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2437\">The report says Siakam was late establishing position and didn\u2019t allow White time or space to avoid contact.<br data-start=\"2318\" data-end=\"2321\" \/>It also notes Boston\u2019s recent officiating disputes, including <strong data-start=\"2383\" data-end=\"2414\">Jaylen Brown\u2019s $35,000 fine<\/strong> for referee criticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA\u2019s Last Two Minutes Report labels the Siakam screen before the game-winner as an incorrect non-call in Pacers-Celtics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":478664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-478829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-alle-08.43.21.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478829"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=478829"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=478829"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=478829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}