Nurkic putback lifts Jazz past Celtics 105-103, league says error

Jusuf Nurkic's putback with 0.6 seconds remaining lifted the Utah Jazz to a 105-103 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night at TD Garden, a finish overshadowed by a controversial noncall in the final minute that drew sharp criticism from Celtics star Jaylen Brown and a subsequent admission by the league that officials erred.

With Boston clinging to a 102-101 lead and 50.4 seconds left, Brown drove from the top of the key and collided with Jazz guard Keyonte George, who had slipped in front of him. Brown lost the ball on the scramble, Walter Clayton Jr. recovered and Lauri Markkanen finished a fastbreak layup that gave Utah a 103-102 lead. No foul was called on the play, and after Boston tied the game on a free throw, Nurkic grabbed an offensive rebound and scored the game-winner.

Brown, who led all scorers with 36 points, was blunt in his postgame assessment. "You cant have a mistake like that as an official at that point in the game," he said. "It cost us the game. Unacceptable." The Celtics also went 11 of 51 from three-point range as a team, a season-low 21.6 percent, and were repeatedly out-rebounded by Utah, which collected 15 offensive boards that yielded 13...