"In Game 3, Jason Kidd officially shot 2-of-8 from 3-point

range and 1-of-1 from inside the arc.

It's a micro-millimeter from being 3-of-9 from 3-point

range with no shots inside the arc.

Kidd's shot with 12.9 seconds left in the game was

ruled to be a 2-pointer when he took it.

The referees took a long look at the replay and left it as a

2-point basket.

Many angles of the play left it open to debate whether it

was a 3-point shot. Kidd appeared to have a sliver of room between his shoe tip

and the 3-point arc from an overhead angle. But it's unknown whether the

refs had access to that view of the play. The Mavericks were convinced after

the fact that the shot should have been a 3-pointer.

Would it have made a difference?

The game was 95-90 before the shot. So the Mavericks would

have been within 95-93 if it were a 3-pointer.

They still would have had to foul after Portland inbounded,

but there's no way to know if Andre Miller would have felt more pressure

to make both shots if the Blazers were only up two points instead of three."