skyvue
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My guess is that an official might have thought there was something there, but passed on what he perceived as no contact. Self brings it up and because the official knows something might be there, they pretty much have to take a look at that point. If for some reason there was contact, it wasn't called or not reviewed, that crew will be in deep poop with their superiors (i.e. being removed from future games). Contact above the shoulders is really stressed these days, even though I think the rule is a bit excessive.
Sitting in the stands or at home, it is easy to question the validity of the review given the timing, but it was the right call.
The review still should have come after the second free throw. Nothing was gained by doing it before except to ice Cam (which may have been part of Self's motivation in asking for the review).