MIAMI — Dwyane Wade doesn’t read the NBA’s reviews of officiating in the last two minutes of close games, which might be a wise move in this particular case.

He wouldn’t have liked what the league said Thursday – that he wasn’t fouled in the final seconds of Miami’s Game 5 loss to Charlotte. And it seems referees could do without the NBA’s after-the-fact public critiques as well.

Since March 2015, the NBA’s “Last Two Minute Report” has provided a public report card of sorts on everything that happens in the final two minutes of games that were within five points or less. The NBA said it releases the reports in an effort to be transparent, and because it would get inquiries from teams and media about certain calls in close games anyway.

But outcomes never change whether calls are right or wrong, so it raises the question – why release the reports anyway?

“It’s important that we’re completely transparent and we get the information out there and people understand that we’re upfront about it and we admit mistakes,” Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA’s executive vice president of basketball operations, said Thursday. “But also, it’s important not only for the referees but for the teams and everybody else that we also talk about the ones we got right.”

HORNETS: Backup center Spencer Hawes will miss the remainder of the first-round series against Miami with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.

The Hornets lead the series 3-2. Game 6 is Friday night.

KINGS: Sacramento hired Ken Catanella as assistant general manager.

General Manager Vlade Divac announced the move to add a salary-cap expert to his front office. Catanella spent the past five years as director of basketball operations and assistant general manager for Detroit. He has also worked for the league office and the Nets.

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