Shortly before the start of the Boston Celtics‘ Game 7 with the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2023 East semis, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the league had circulated a document citing “13 officiating errors disadvantaging 76ers to four disadvantaging Boston,” which Philly coach Doc Rivers commented on pregame, saying “It was disappointing to see, honestly.”
“I mean 13-to-4 is very—in a one-point, two-point game, is hard to recover from,” he added. “It really is and when you saw the report and then saw the calls that were missed, the trip on James Harden down the stretch when he fell to the floor. The loose ball where they called a timeout, they didn’t have the ball plus there was a foul on (Marcus) Smart on the play that would’ve been free throws — that’s hard to recover from.”
