Not a big fan of the reffing either but sometimes the refs are put on the spot for rules that are difficult to interpret and/or follow.
For example, I don't see what's so special about 1.5 seconds lost in the last 20 seconds? I assume it's written in the rules somewhere, but where's the cutoff? You could have easily tacked that 1.5 seconds on due to a slow timekeeping finger much earlier in the period.
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