Story byDustin Dopirak, Indianapolis StarTue, January 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC·2 min readINDIANAPOLIS -- In his 42-second post-game press conference on Monday night, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla repeated two words six times to make the case that Pascal Siakam's game-winning bank shot in the Pacers' 98-96 win should not have counted. On Tuesday, the NBA acknowledged that it agreed, though the Pacers' win still stands. Mazzulla's two-word refrain was "illegal screen," and in the Last Two Minute Report it released Tuesday on Monday's game, the NBA ruled that Siakam should have been called for an illegal screen on Boston's Derrick White before taking a pass from point guard Andrew Nembhard and taking the go-ahead shot. It was marked as an incorrect no call and the comment on the report said "Siakam is late to establish screening position in White's path and does not give him the time or distance to change direction and avoid the contact during the pick."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhite recovered from the screen and switched on to Siakam, so the un-called illegal screen only created so much of a disadvantage.
