Will the league apologize?
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Kings Faithful
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HA! Are you kidding, an apology from the league...to the Kings?!?! They will do all in their power to completely ignore this.
Aenadin
Starter
the league owes the kings oh so many times... the game 6 now this? i dont care how many apologies willing or not willing to be addressed if it keeps happening over and over again. the arena deal didnt stern say he loves sacramento and would love if the kings stayed?
well bottomline
it wont matter if the league apologizes to the kings since a sorry is as good as the next mistake
less sorry's more ping pongs i say!
well bottomline
it wont matter if the league apologizes to the kings since a sorry is as good as the next mistake
less sorry's more ping pongs i say!
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PurpleHaze
All-Star
How 3 refs could miss it is was ridiculous, but even if it was waved off it still would almost been a guarantee game would have been tied at end of regulation. Who knows what would have happened in OT. It seems the Rockets and some other teams fighting for WC playoff position are the most livid over the call, with most to lose.
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jdbraver
Guest
Why would they apologize? They haven't apologized for game 6, yet.
I think you forgot the option for apologizing to the other teams in the playoff chase but ignoring the lowly Kings.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
I'm not sure exactly why the league would apologize -- if there was any conspiracy here it would be a conspiracy to insure that we got a top pick so we could turn things and get the arena done. 
I'm trying to recall what the standard approach is here. I am guessing something more like an acknowledgement than an apology, with a "its under review" tag and some mention of raising it with the rules committeee in the offseason.
I'm trying to recall what the standard approach is here. I am guessing something more like an acknowledgement than an apology, with a "its under review" tag and some mention of raising it with the rules committeee in the offseason.
They have apologized once in a blue moon over a shot that shouldn't have been counted. Think this happened to the Lakers once, of course the end result stayed the same.
Then there was that very strange time either last year or the year before when I think Shaq fouled out but shouldn't have fouled out so they made the two teams replay the last 5 minutes of the game before their next meeting. I can't recall why that was considered so important that they would go that step, but here we're potentially talking about 3 team's playoff seeds and us clinching last place but since that was our final home game that would never happen here even though it would arguably be more appropriate.
eta: Here is the link to the story from last year about the do-over for those who don't recall.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3192421
Seems like they hold the official scorer's to a higher standard than the refs.
Then there was that very strange time either last year or the year before when I think Shaq fouled out but shouldn't have fouled out so they made the two teams replay the last 5 minutes of the game before their next meeting. I can't recall why that was considered so important that they would go that step, but here we're potentially talking about 3 team's playoff seeds and us clinching last place but since that was our final home game that would never happen here even though it would arguably be more appropriate.
eta: Here is the link to the story from last year about the do-over for those who don't recall.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3192421
Seems like they hold the official scorer's to a higher standard than the refs.
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That might seem more damning if the Mavericks were actually the team that drafted him...
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
The playing the game over thing was correct -- it had happened at least once before a long time ago and that's the standard remedy. Obviously there was no judgment involved there -- it was just a flat out off the court addition error.
Not arguing whether it was right or wrong, but it just seemed the NBA picked on instance to uphold a protest when it routinely denies them. According to the article the Hawks believed that because they had another scoring issue earlier in the season the NBA decided to make examples of them. There is a sidebar in the article and it would appear that the other 3 protests that were upheld were in fact blown ref calls and not scoring issues:
For the record - I'm not asking for a replay - but with 3 team's playoff seedings in the balance and the potential to impact the lottery as well this meets the sniff test.
SkinnerBox
Bench
The great thing about the Heat replay game was that by the time they got together to play the last 52 seconds, Shaq had been traded and didn't play anyway.
SacKings384
Starter
It was a shot-clock malfunction. The buzzer went off late. How can you expect them to see the 0's at the top of the clock and look at their hands within a fraction of a second?
See for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fiZjER5E68
See for yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fiZjER5E68
folsomfella
G-League
Mechanical problems shouldn't change a game's outcome. If the electronic scoreboard showed the incorrect score at game's end, that score would not stand. So even if the horn sounded late, the call should have still been changed.
keflanag
Bench
Not necessarily because of this game, but I do believe the NBA will be changing the rules for reviewing these types of scenarios for next season. I understand the initial intention of only reviewing at the end of each quarter. Fans obviously don't want every close call reviewed with tons of stopages in the games.
The easy fix is to only review these types of questionable calls if a stopage in play has occurred immediately after. In this case, the Kings called a timeout anyway. There is no reason not to review the play since no extra time is needed to do so. This also puts into play the ability of a "challenge-like" system. If a team believes that an error occurred, all that is needed is to call a timeout. Then the refs can review during the stopage of play.
The easy fix is to only review these types of questionable calls if a stopage in play has occurred immediately after. In this case, the Kings called a timeout anyway. There is no reason not to review the play since no extra time is needed to do so. This also puts into play the ability of a "challenge-like" system. If a team believes that an error occurred, all that is needed is to call a timeout. Then the refs can review during the stopage of play.
kingsnation
All-Star
The refs are paid for a reason. To see multiple things. They have been in PLENTY of these situations in their careers.
And there are 3 of them - they should be assigned and trained to watch and monitor different things in those type of situations. If they are not - well then just mark up another thing wrong with the NBA Officiating Program.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Section 101
All-Star
It's not like if they changed the call it guaranteed a Kings win. The game was tied. The game most likely would have gone to overtime. The outcome was likely to be the same. Which is a good thing. At least now our Rockets pick has a greater chance of being 23/24 than 25.
Kings Faithful
Starter
Yeah, except it means you will be waiting an extra 2 minutes in that last seconds of every single game because teams will use the challenge whether they think their was an error or not.
keflanag
Bench
If a team wants to call a timeout, there's nothing you can do to stop them anyway. Look at how many 8-point plays Reggie Theus tried to draw up during his coaching tenure.
FakeInjury
Bench
they did us a favor. I wasn't at the game, so maybe i have no say. But i think it is good for the team to rack up all the L's we can aquire. plus if san antoinio beats the rockets to the 3rd seed, we move up a spot in the draft. Its a win-win for 1 loss.
Jerryaki
Starter
dagnabbit, why can't there just be a fourth ref watching video from the side? it would be so easy and quick for that ref to resolve these issues. a second after the play goes down, the instant replays on television have it ready, and anyone watching from home could've called that. ugh.
You know the funny thing about this is that the exact same thing happened in that Syracuse vs. UConn game last month and the refs did the right thing and spent 10 minutes reviewing the shot clock to see if he got it off in time. The shot was ultimately waived and the teams went on to play 6 overtimes in what was probably the best college basketball game of the year. So the NCAA refs get this call right but the NBA refs can't? Now that's embarrassing.
I don't think we're mad at losing as much as we feel like we got cheated. If we lose, fine. Let it happen in OT or something. Not when our guys put out the effort and still end up getting a (morally) valuable chance at winning taken away from them just because the refs didn't make the right call. It's hard to go out every night and lose, even when the games mean nothing. I want that pick, I just don't want to turn into the Clippers having a losing mentality.
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