Did they give Lillard an extra rebound?

With about two minutes to go, the ESPN announcers said Lillard was one rebound shy of a triple-double, so I was watching closely to see if he’d get another one. He never did. But with about 45 seconds left the announcers suddenly announced that Lillard had gotten a triple-double.

What the hell? Did anyone else notice this?

 

He tipped the ball up and it counted as an rebound and a shot attempt.

 

Yeah, he had a controlled tip in the last couple of minutes.

 

Harden air balled a layup that Dame caught, I think.

 

Uh, that is a very generous call, in my opinion. I’m glad Lillard got the triple double, but if you go back and look at that play (which I’ve done several times), he is just trying to grab the rebound. Doesn’t look like a shot attempt at all. He is trying to rebound the ball, but it bounces off his fingertips and gets away from him.

 

Exactly this. Dame rose up in the crowd around the basket and missed the tip in. That was his tenth rebound.

 

Respectfully disagree. He jumped, tipped the ball toward the basket, and was visibly mad at himself that it didn't go in. If I were the score keeper, I'd have counted it as a rebound and a missed shot attempt.

Just my two pesos.

 

That was Trent

 

So when did Dame get his 10th rebound?

 

Controlled tip on the offensive rebound off a missed shot.

 

It was the "Zach Randolph" rebound towards the end.