INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Referee Ben Taylor left the play-in tournament game between the Golden State Warriors and the LA Clippers because of an injury Wednesday night.
Taylor walked stiffly off the court and went up the tunnel behind one basket at Intuit Dome with 8:51 left in the third quarter. He was replaced by alternate referee Sean Corbin after a brief delay.
The NBA sends a fourth alternate referee to every postseason game for exactly such a situation.
Taylor is an 11-year NBA veteran referee. Corbin is in his 31st season on the job.
The ninth-seeded Clippers led the 10th-seeded Warriors 61-53 at halftime of the elimination game.
