NBA new rule

[Celts09]

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/57306/20090217/nba_adds_rule_to_avoid_officiating_loophole/

The NBA has added a rule that will close up an officiating loophole that was exposed in a game between the Celtics and Blazers on Dec. 30.

The Blazers inadvertently had six players on the floor against the Celtics. With 10.1 seconds left in the first half, Boston frantically tried to cover up defensively on an in-bounds play, but Portland's Travis Outlaw broke free and dunked.

The basket counted, and the Celtics were livid. Crew chief Mike Callahan, with referees Rodney Mott and Zach Zarba, could not disallow the points because it was a non-correctable call. Portland was assessed a technical foul and the Celtics ended up with one point in return.

"I was just incredulous," Joel Litvin, league president with responsibility of the officiating, said. "I said, 'This can't be.' It's amazing no one picked it up."

[Rocky5000]

Haha. Too bad they didn't make it retroactive. I'm surprised other coaches didn't try to exploit the loop hole in the process. If it's a tie game, apparently you could just run 8 or 9 guys out there, score 2 points and give up one on a technical.

[aboubata]

Haha. Too bad they didn't make it retroactive. I'm surprised other coaches didn't try to exploit the loop hole in the process. If it's a tie game, apparently you could just run 8 or 9 guys out there, score 2 points and give up one on a technical.

The problem is, if the officials noticed it, then they stop the play, give you a tech and then you lose 1 point for nothing.

[I love heinsohn]

Haha. Too bad they didn't make it retroactive. I'm surprised other coaches didn't try to exploit the loop hole in the process. If it's a tie game, apparently you could just run 8 or 9 guys out there, score 2 points and give up one on a technical.

It only works if you score BEFORE the refs whistle the play dead. No way you could get 8 or 9 players on the court before the refs blow the whistle...

[Rocky5000]

What if one of those players was Nate Robinson?

[Banks2Pierce]

They should replay the Portland game from where this play was.

[jfs1000d]

What would prevent someone coming onto the court say up 2 in the final seconds on a fastbreak? I illegally come into the game, and that stops the break.

[MaxwellSmart]

Man, I told you guys when that play happened---it was gonna cost us Home Court Advantage---and I was told to calm down----our record right now with Clev/LA..?

The lame people saying, we lost by 5, so that Idiotic call didn't matter----it was a 2 point game with 23 seconds to play,then we had to play the foul game---not to mention,that call took away our focus for the rest of the game.

[Banks2Pierce]

Man, I told you guys when that play happened---it was gonna cost us Home Court Advantage---and I was told to calm down----our record right now with Clev/LA..?

The lame people saying, we lost by 5, so that Idiotic call didn't matter----it was a 2 point game with 23 seconds to play,then we had to play the foul game---not to mention,that call took away our focus for the rest of the game.

co-sign the entire post.

[cfan79]

Damn its now a rule you can't have 6 players out there... and I was just going to write to Doc to tell him to play all 14-15 players at one time.

[Celtics_Champs]

Man, I told you guys when that play happened---it was gonna cost us Home Court Advantage---and I was told to calm down----our record right now with Clev/LA..?

The lame people saying, we lost by 5, so that Idiotic call didn't matter----it was a 2 point game with 23 seconds to play,then we had to play the foul game---not to mention,that call took away our focus for the rest of the game.

I agree with you. I actually started a post asking if we could protest this game, but it was flooded with trolls.

[chakdaddy]

I believe we were down 1 pt with 23 seconds left. If they properly wiped the basket and gave us the FT, we are up 1 and Portland has to foul. Instead they we up 1 and after we missed and we had to foul. The call absolutely was the difference in the game.

I saw some post saying how the rulebook allows the refs to go backward and replay up to 1 minute or 24 seconds or something to remedy a situation like this. And I have never heard any explanation of why they "can't go back in time to undo things" when no time elapsed off the clock. They review 2s vs 3s, whether the buzzer was beaten or not, but they can't review and wave something off because there were 6 guys on the court, when the basket was blatantly and obviously scored by and because of the 6th guy?????

[MyInsatiableOne]

Man, I told you guys when that play happened---it was gonna cost us Home Court Advantage---and I was told to calm down----our record right now with Clev/LA..?

The lame people saying, we lost by 5, so that Idiotic call didn't matter----it was a 2 point game with 23 seconds to play,then we had to play the foul game---not to mention,that call took away our focus for the rest of the game.

I thought this exact thing right after the game ended!

To me, they should have just taken the basket away and reset the inbounds play. What they did, counting the hoop and giving the C's a T free throw, is the equivalent of this happening in football where they score the TD with 12 men on the field and then let the other team kick a FG...****...you still gave up points, you know?