Brandon Carlo wasn’t with his Boston teammates Monday morning as they prepared for Game 1 in Florida, but the Bruins defenseman later rejoined his club after his wife Mayson gave birth to their son, Crew, and he proceeded to score a goal in a 5-1 victory.
DENVER — Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray should have been called for a technical foul — but not ejected — for throwing a heating pad on the floor during Denver’s 106-80 Game 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, crew chief Marc Davis said after the game.
With Murray on the bench and Karl-Anthony Towns receiving a pass from Kyle Anderson to put Minnesota up 49-30 with 4:41 remaining in the second quarter, the Nuggets point guard tossed the pad on the floor while live game action ensued.
Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope picked up the pad, tossed it to the sidelines and play continued without any whistle from the referees.
„I was the lead official and I didn’t notice it was on the floor or where it came from until Towns scored,“ Davis told a pool reporter. „We weren’t aware it had come from the bench, if we would have been aware it came from the bench, we could have reviewed it under the hostile act trigger. The penalty would have been a technical foul.“
Minnesota coach Chris Finch called Murray’s act „dangerous“ and „inexcusable“ and said the Wolves tried to reason with the officiating crew to adjudicate in incident.
