Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to file complaint with NBA after controversial call from refs which left fans divided

DALLAS Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has aired out his grievances with the NBA over a controversial call.

The Mavericks lost 127-125 to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night in Dallas, and the late-season NBA game didn’t come without drama.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has called out the NBA over a controversial play in the team’s 127-125 loss to the Warriors on Wednesday

 

Cuban tweeted his disagreement with a bizarre play in the third quarter and told ESPN that the Mavericks plan to protest the sequence

 

After a timeout late in the third quarter, Warriors center Kevin Looney had a free dunk off an inbounds play as the Mavericks were lined up on the other side of the court.

The play resulted in a 90-87 Golden State lead as Dallas believed that they had possession and were caught by surprise.

The Mavericks ended up losing by two points and team governor Cuban tweeted his disagreement with the bizarre sequence, saying the referees had told Dallas it was their ball.

On Twitter, Cuban wrote: “During the time out the official changed the call and never told us,” Cuban wrote.

“Then when they saw us line up as if it were our ball, he just gave the ball to the warriors.

“Never said a word to us They got an easy basketball.”

He added that the call was the “worst officiating non call mistake possibly in the history of the NBA.”

According to ESPN, Cuban will file a protest over the controversial call.

And fans have differing opinions on the matter.

Fans flooded social media to criticize Cuban’s decision to protest the game result.

One wrote: “Just admit your team had a brain fart and move on jeez.”

Another said: “Cry baby.”

A third commented: “Except that’s not actually at all what happened. They never called Mavericks ball. Nobody called that. Ever.”

On the other side of the coin, there were NBA fans that agreed with Cuban.

One comment read: “This is completely unacceptable. It makes NFL officiating actually look competent.”

Another person claimed: “Lmao it’s literally confirmed that the refs were helping the warriors.”

While a second agreed with that assessment, writing: “NBA & refs are definitely colluding with the books.”

The Mavericks will have 48 hours after Wednesday’s game to file the protest.

According to the NBA constitution, commissioner Adam Silver will make a ruling within five days after obtaining the evidence.