ORLANDO, Florida – Pau Gasol could have been called for basket interference on a potential game-winning shot by Orlando Magic guard Courtney Lee in game two of the NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said on Tuesday.

But Jackson told a news conference before game three that citing the Lakers forward for touching the rim during the shot would have been "something a high school ref might call."

Lee's buzzer-beating lay-in at the end of regulation glanced off the rim, sending the game into overtime. The Lakers won the game, 101-96 and have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Jackson said Gasol's hand was "caught in the rim in that one, no doubt about it," a violation that if called would have given the Magic the win and leveled the series.

But the coach called the rule "kind of archaic" and said Gasol "didn't interfere with the shot."

Magic coach Stan Van Gundy would not get drawn into the debate.

"I don't think his hand being there or not being there had anything to do with the shot going in or not," he said. "You're not going to get a complaint from me on that call."