Stop us if you’ve heard this before: A New England sports team was victimized by an inadvertent whistle.
Everyone remembers that fateful whistle that took away a potential Danny Amendola touchdown in the New England Patriots’ recent game against the Buffalo Bills. Apparently the NFL isn’t the only league with whistle-happy officials, however.
In the second half of the Boston Celtics’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night, guard Avery Bradley raced after a loose ball and appeared well on his way to a layup, or a trip to the free throw line at the very least.
That is, until referee Derrick Collins put an end to all that.
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Collins blew the play dead thinking the Spurs had committed a backcourt violation, negating Bradley’s fast break and taking potential Celtics points off the board.
Fortunately for Boston, the team kept possession, and Jae Crowder drilled a 19-foot jumper to prevent head coach Brad Stevens from completely losing his mind.
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