NBA confirms another missed call in Cavs vs. Kings
At least the league is showing accountability.
The Cleveland Cavaliers deserved to lose to the Sacramento Kings on Sunday evening. That isn’t up for debate. Their effort level and attention to detail weren’t where they needed to be to come away with the win.
That said, they were also on the wrong end of a few missed calls. That also isn’t up for debate.
The NBA announced on Monday evening that the technical foul called on Max Strus midway through the third quarter has been rescinded.
Max Strus’ (CLE) technical foul at 5:03 of the 3rd quarter on 4/6/25 (vs. SAC) has been rescinded upon league office review.
— NBA Official (@NBAOfficial) April 7, 2025
Strus was assessed for the technical after rolling the ball down the court, presumably towards the referee going to the scorer’s table. It doesn’t seem as if Strus said anything. This was an extremely quick trigger for a call based on this replay.
It isn’t surprising to see why this technical foul was overturned.
Malik Monk took and made two free throws from Strus’s initial foul. DeMar DeRozan made the technical free throw.
While receding the technical doesn’t do much to help the outcome of the game, it does help Strus’s checking account. Each technical foul comes with a fine. That fine progresses based on how many you have accumulated throughout the season.
This was the third mistake the league and referee crew admitted to after this game. Those errors cost the Cavs three points. There’s no guarantee that the game would’ve gone differently without those missed calls, but they certainly wouldn’t have hurt the Cavs either.
No one likes discussing the officiating after a game. Hopefully, writing and talking about topics like this isn’t a recurring theme throughout the playoffs.