Wait a second. Why is Miami-Atlanta being replayed?

I_Like_Dirt · Post #21 » by **I_Like_Dirt** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:16 pm

The league has had a few issues with scorekeeping in a pretty brief span of late. The Mavs were also cheated by the scorekeepers against the Pacers earlier this season. Now the Hawks have made mistakes twice and I expect the league will start taking matters a bit more seriously if they continue happening so frequently.

Post #22 » by **Cyrus** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:55 pm

Forget that, this game went to Over-time, I want to know how this game effects my Fantasyt stats? Does those stats from the last minute and over-time not count?

xxxSwiZzxxx · Post #23 » by **xxxSwiZzxxx** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:09 pm

Now, in this case, Miami and Atlanta still have another game to play. But what if it was the last meeting between two teams? What would the NBA do? Give them a rematch NEXT season? Obviously they can't, since the team in question's current season would be screwed.

So how would the NBA go about fixing that?

99 Problems · Post #24 » by **99 Problems** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:40 pm

Why doesn't the NBA have its own official scorekeepers instead of the home team employing them? Things that are neutral like officiating is done by the League, why not scorekeeping as well? Its kind of risky to have one side supplying it, this could open up the door to more problems and allegations of cheating in the future, and an overall perception of bias in the scorekeeping... I know nobody trusts ATL anymore, teams will probably watch things closely when they're playing there...

Eating a Book · Post #25 » by **Eating a Book** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:03 pm

It'll be kind of funny (in a dark and really-not-that-funny kind of way) if Shaq is still injured for that game and, at some point during those 59 seconds, Wade gets injured too.

Sorry, I just kind of like seeing Miami suffer. I hate watching both of their superstars play.

RockTHECasbah · Post #26 » by **RockTHECasbah** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:10 pm

Dennis 37 wrote:Will they have to put the same players on the court, that were on at the time?

Will they introduce the starting lineups twice?

What about the fans who attended the first game? Should they not get free tickets to see the last 59 seconds of the game they paid to see? Will those fans who paid to see the first game have to leave after 59 seconds to let in the paid customers for the second game?

Keep in mind Americans will sue over almost anything.

Lawyers; get ready, set, go!!!!!

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dacrusha · Post #27 » by **dacrusha** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:11 pm

Cyrus wrote:Forget that, this game went to Over-time, I want to know how this game effects my Fantasyt stats? Does those stats from the last minute and over-time not count?

Those stats do not count and the game is being reset to 51-seconds, or whatever time was remaining in the game.

Check out the december 19th scoreboard and you'll see that the game is frozen at that point.

http://www.nba.com/games/20071219/scoreboard.html

yukonball · Post #28 » by **yukonball** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:11 pm

emfive wrote:Can someone (perhaps a mod) explain to me why this needs its own thread?

dude stfu seriously this is the exactly the type of negativity this board needs to see less of.

prashant · Post #29 » by **prashant** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:23 pm

The main reason for a "do over" game now and not when we played is simple. There wasn't a huge referee scandal prior to our unfair loss. So, just to quiet the media and fans from claiming "omg nba is rigged!", Stern understands it's much smarter to allow them to play again in order to clean the NBA's image, showing that they do not endorse cheating.

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