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NBA ref blew call in Hawks/Bulls game.

NBA referee Bennett Salvatore acknowledged Sunday that he blew a call in the closing minutes of Atlanta’s 100-88 victory over the Chicago Bulls, which evened the Eastern Conference semifinal at two games apiece.

With 2 1/2 minutes remaining and the Hawks leading 90-84, Bulls star Derrick Rose went up for a shot beyond the 3-point stripe and appeared to be fouled by Jamal Crawford. Bennett Salvatore blew the whitsle but said it was not a foul but an inadertent whistle.

”An inadvertent whistle is when a referee blows a whistle and didn’t mean to,” Salvatore said. ”That’s exactly what happened. I blew my whistle and didn’t mean to. I didn’t think it was a foul.”

But after the game he reviewed the play and said it was a foul.

(Source: msn.foxsports.com)

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