Should the Clippers be fined?

DWillBooz467 · Post #1 » by **DWillBooz467** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:19 am

When the Clippers were at 49 Sam Cassell shot 2 free throws and made only 1. He was credited for making both, and it was never fixed. Obviously this wasn't a big deal because it ended up being a blowout but what if it wasn't. What if the Jazz lost by one or tied and went into overtime and lost. So my question is should the Clippers be fined? The Hawks were fined $50,000 dollars for almost the same situation only that it did affect the outcome. Either way The Clipper's did make the mistake which is against the rules. Should the NBA let it slide since it didn't affect the outcome or should they stick to the letter of the law?

DWillBooz467 · Post #2 » by **DWillBooz467** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:22 am

One other thought. Do you think they would grant the Jazz a replay if they had lost by one point or in overtime?

Malone Strong · Post #3 » by **Malone Strong** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:23 am

DWillBooz467 wrote:One other thought. Do you think they would grant the Jazz a replay if they had lost by one point or in overtime?

If the Jazz had lost by a possession, the game would be replayed IMHO like the Miami game...

but as it is now, they will probably just reduce the Clips official score by 1 in the books and case closed....

Post #4 » by **loserX** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:44 am

If the Hawks were fined for something similar, then yes. The rules should be applied fairly and consistently, not just in situations where the game's outcome is decided by that play.

Fido · Post #5 » by **Fido** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:56 am

The Hawks/Heat thing was a little different. Shaq had been ruled fouled out and was forced to leave the game--even though it was only his 5th foul. Therefore, the rest of the game was played unfairly with Shaq being ruled disqualified.
The Hawks scoretable guys were found "grossly negligent" by David Stern after an investigation.
I would expect that in this case, the score would be officially corrected and everyone would move on.

de2nd · Post #6 » by **de2nd** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:00 am

Fido wrote:The Hawks/Heat thing was a little different. Shaq had been ruled fouled out and was forced to leave the game--even though it was only his 5th foul. Therefore, the rest of the game was played unfairly with Shaq being ruled disqualified.
The Hawks scoretable guys were found "grossly negligent" by David Stern after an investigation.
I would expect that in this case, the score would be officially corrected and everyone would move on.

What happened tonight was "grossly negligent". Who's to say Shaq would have scored any points or had any impact? Sure you could say he would, but thats speculation on your part. Tonight an official point was awarded to the Clippers. Had they won by won or it was a close game at the end of the game, that point would HAVE affected the play of the game no DOUBTS about it.

Sure it's one point, but it could've been huge. Yes the Clippers should be fined.

Tabasco · Post #7 » by **Tabasco** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:08 am

They didn't get an extra point. I saw when it happened and they fixed it a couple minutes later. Everybody calm down.

Duiz · Post #8 » by **Duiz** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:58 am

The same people who watch over the clippers game watch over the lakers game. It isn't the team who should be fined, but rather the scores table people.

Fido · Post #9 » by **Fido** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:06 pm

de2nd wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

What happened tonight was "grossly negligent". Who's to say Shaq would have scored any points or had any impact? Sure you could say he would, but thats speculation on your part. Tonight an official point was awarded to the Clippers. Had they won by won or it was a close game at the end of the game, that point would HAVE affected the play of the game no DOUBTS about it.

Sure it's one point, but it could've been huge. Yes the Clippers should be fined.

"grossly negligent" are David Stern's words (hence the quotes). You are welcome to check the news stories on NBA.com if you don't believe me. He didn't speculate what that means nor did I. This board could use a little anger management. :nod:

DWillBooz467 · Post #10 » by **DWillBooz467** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:32 pm

Tabasco wrote:They didn't get an extra point. I saw when it happened and they fixed it a couple minutes later. Everybody calm down.

Are you sure? I also watched it when it happened, and never saw a correction.

Tabasco · Post #11 » by **Tabasco** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:52 pm

DWillBooz467 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Are you sure? I also watched it when it happened, and never saw a correction.

I'm positive because it was bugging me. The way they fixed it is they didn't give the Clippers a point for a free throw they made about 2 or 3 minutes later.

Duiz · Post #12 » by **Duiz** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:58 am

If you go in here...

http://www.nba.com/games/20080121/UTALA ... lay.html#2

Scroll down to 8:19 left on the 3rd quarter. It says there that they didn't count the free throw. Perhaps our always perfect people from FSN Utah lagged once more on getting this resolved sooner.

But officially, it was counter off. This comes from the scores table.