TUALATIN -- It provided little solace to disgruntled Trail Blazers fans -- or LaMarcus Aldridge -- but the NBA on Tuesday admitted that officials made the wrong ruling on a goaltending call that proved costly during

to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The NBA reviewed the play Tuesday and, in a statement, said Aldridge made "a good block" when he trailed a Kevin Durant layup attempt and swatted it from behind and off the backboard. The call, which came with 6.0 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of a game that went to overtime, likely cost the Blazers a victory over their Northwest Division rivals.

"With the benefit of slow motion replay following the game, it has been determined that Aldridge made contact with the ball just before the ball hit the backboard," the NBA said in the statement. "Therefore, this should have been ruled a good block and goaltending was the incorrect call."

With the Blazers leading 103-101, Durant drove to the hoop through the left side of the lane and elevated for a layup attempt when Aldridge swatted the ball from behind. The ball ricocheted off the backboard and bounced far out to half court. Foster, who was standing a good five or six feet past the three-point arc, immediately blew his whistle and made the goaltending call, eliciting a large protest from the Blazers.

The Thunder went on to win 111-107 in overtime, so Tuesday's reversal hardly eased the sting for Aldridge.

"No, I do not," he said after the Blazers' practice, when asked if it made him feel better.

During the game, Aldridge pleaded with officials to review the play, but goaltending calls are not eligible for in-game reviews. Officials may review 11 different classifications of plays, ranging from making a call on a clear-path foul to determining if a made shot is a two-or three-point field goal to ruling if a made shot at the end of a quarter is released before the buzzer.

The NBA review system was crafted by the NBA Competition Committee, so the subject was not a part of the most recent collective bargaining negotiations during the NBA lockout. And even though the call in question probably cost the Blazers a victory, coach Nate McMillan was not calling for sweeping changes to the current review system.

"Last night, it would have been good," McMillan said, laughing, when asked if he wanted to see changes. "But the rules are what they are. I think if it was something that really was a problem with the league making calls on, then they would look to do whatever they needed to do to make that call right. So I don't know how many of those situations they see each year."

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