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Add the officiating at the end of the Toronto Raptors-Denver Nuggets game Monday night into the binder of criticism referees have faced this season. With the Raptors down by one point with 30 seconds left, Toronto forward Scottie Barnes was inexplicably ejected on one technical foul by head official Scott Foster. Raptors head coach Nick Nurse was irate, Barnes was utterly confused, but Foster was adamant that the second-year forward needed to head back to the locker room for the remainder of the game. The ejection came after Jakob Poeltl was called for a foul on Aaron Gordon. As Foster was walking to the scorers table to signal who the foul was on, he quickly turned around and hit Barnes with a technical and an ejection. Here's how it went down: Scottie Barnes was ejected for the first time in his career on this play in the final seconds of the game. pic.twitter.com/ebyhWL9Twt — NBA on ESPN (@ESP...

After 47 minutes and 58 seconds of rugby disguised as basketball, it looked as though the Los Angeles Lakers were going to escape their Thursday tilt with the Dallas Mavericks with a victory. After inbounding the ball with a tied score and six seconds remaining, the double-teamed LeBron James swung the ball over to an open Troy Brown Jr., who geared up for a game-winning 3-pointer but was seemingly smacked in the process.  The ball fell short, but Brown would have three chances to win the game at the line -- right? Wrong. No whistle arrived. The buzzer sounded. The Lakers and Mavericks went to overtime. After 10 minutes and two overtime periods, Dallas emerged with the 119-115 victory. The Lakers weren't exactly pleased with the outcome. "It looked clear as day that it was a foul," coach Darvin Ham said after the Game . James was less diplomatic. "That's a f---ing foul," he said, from a...