The refs understand time and circumstance. There's probably a 1% chance at most that he would've gotten a T there, right after the winning shot.There is absolutely no way he should have been allowed to stay in this game. Part of this has to be a reputational thing. He should have been given a T and an ejection for making contact and staring down a ref. He lost control and didn't know who he was looking at here, if you take his word for it.
You just don't get to that level as a referee, if you have no pulse on situational awareness.
