Source: BroBible
Summary
Two-time WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart did not directly blame referees for the New York Liberty’s 101-98 overtime loss to the Atlanta Dream in Game 2 of the playoff semifinals. However, video shows Stewart asked a referee if the Liberty had a reset timeout remaining, and was told they did not. Postgame reports indicate the team actually had a timeout, leading to confusion. Stewart said she was frustrated but did not assign blame. The referee involved, Kevin Fahy, denied informing Stewart and coach Chris DeMarco of the timeout situation.
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Author: Evan Null
WNBA Refs Were Incorrect About The New York Liberty’s Timeout Situation
As it turns out, the Liberty did have a reset timeout remaining, which would have allowed it to take the ball in from the front court. Does that guarantee that they would have tied the game? Of course not.
But New York would have had a far better look a game-tying 3-pointer than the one it wound up taking.
“I asked, ‘Do we have a reset timeout?’ So he looked to (fellow referee) Fatou (Cissoko-Stephns), and she said no. So then he told me no,” Stewart said after the game.
In the postgame pool report, Cissoko-Stephens told reporters that nobody informed Stewart or DeMarco that the team didn’t have any timeouts remaining.
However, the video makes it extremely clear that at least one of the officials did so.
WNBA Refs Were Incorrect About The New York Liberty’s Timeout Situation
As it turns out, the Liberty did have a reset timeout remaining, which would have allowed it to take the ball in from the front court. Does that guarantee that they would have tied the game? Of course not.
But New York would have had a far better look a game-tying 3-pointer than the one it wound up taking.
“I asked, ‘Do we have a reset timeout?’ So he looked to (fellow referee) Fatou (Cissoko-Stephns), and she said no. So then he told me no,” Stewart said after the game.
In the postgame pool report, Cissoko-Stephens told reporters that nobody informed Stewart or DeMarco that the team didn’t have any timeouts remaining.
However, the video makes it extremely clear that at least one of the officials did so.
WNBA Refs Were Incorrect About The New York Liberty’s Timeout Situation
As it turns out, the Liberty did have a reset timeout remaining, which would have allowed it to take the ball in from the front court. Does that guarantee that they would have tied the game? Of course not.
But New York would have had a far better look a game-tying 3-pointer than the one it wound up taking.
“I asked, ‘Do we have a reset timeout?’ So he looked to (fellow referee) Fatou (Cissoko-Stephns), and she said no. So then he told me no,” Stewart said after the game.
In the postgame pool report, Cissoko-Stephens told reporters that nobody informed Stewart or DeMarco that the team didn’t have any timeouts remaining.
However, the video makes it extremely clear that at least one of the officials did so.
WNBA Refs Were Incorrect About The New York Liberty’s Timeout Situation
As it turns out, the Liberty did have a reset timeout remaining, which would have allowed it to take the ball in from the front court. Does that guarantee that they would have tied the game? Of course not.
But New York would have had a far better look a game-tying 3-pointer than the one it wound up taking.
“I asked, ‘Do we have a reset timeout?’ So he looked to (fellow referee) Fatou (Cissoko-Stephns), and she said no. So then he told me no,” Stewart said after the game.
In the postgame pool report, Cissoko-Stephns told reporters that nobody informed Stewart or DeMarco that the team didn’t have any timeouts remaining.
However, the video makes it extremely clear that at least one of the officials did so.
WNBA Refs Were Incorrect About The New York Liberty’s Timeout Situation
As it turns out, the Liberty did have a reset timeout remaining, which would have allowed it to take the ball in from the front court. Does that guarantee that they would have tied the game? Of course not.
But New York would have had a far better look a game-tying 3-pointer than the one it wound up taking.
“I asked, ‘Do we have a reset timeout?’ So he looked to (fellow referee) Fatou (Cissoko-Stephns), and she said no. So then he told me no,” Stewart said after the game.
In the postgame pool report, Cissoko-Stephns told reporters that nobody informed Stewart or DeMarco that the team didn’t have any timeouts remaining.
However, the video makes it extremely clear that at least one of the officials did so.
