Once you watch the replay, Davis heard the whistle and stopped enjoying. Watching the play dwell, it seems Sexton had an open lane to the basket. That’s not the case. Had Davis not stopped, he would have been in place to current a stiff shot-blocking problem on the rim. However even when that occurs, Utah heart Walker Kessler would have been in prime place to place again a possible miss. So Davis would have needed to block the shot cleanly and possibly ship it out of bounds, or the Jazz would nonetheless have had a bonus there. “I was definitely in position to tip the ball back in,” Kessler said. “I was right there.” -via New York Times / December 2, 2024
