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Sports InsiderCalling Mulder and Scully. There is 51.9 Seconds Missing of a Hawks and Heat Game.
January 12th 2008 12:46
Don’t we all wish that we can re-live specific moments in our lives? Wouldn’t life be grand if we all could do over something that we regretted? Well, the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat get to replay the final minute of their last meeting because of an error made by an official scorer.
The Hawks ‘won’ the December 19 contest 117-111 in overtime at home. So, why do these
two teams have to replay the final 51.9 seconds of this game? In a massive oversight, the Atlanta scorer ruled incorrectly that Shaquille O’Neal had fouled out of the game with six fouls, but in actual fact he only had five.
"We're human. We make mistakes," Hawks owner Michael Gearon Jr. said. "There certainly wasn't anything malicious about it. We have one of the most senior scoring staffs in the league. They're good. It happened. There's not much we can do about it." (AP, 2008)
Miami now have one less loss, whilst Atlanta is missing a win. So, the Heat can rejoice – kind of. Their season still is going down the crapper.
"Wait a minute! I picked up a win today, or lost a loss," Heat coach Pat Riley quipped in New Orleans, where the Heat played the Hornets. "I can wake up tomorrow knowing there's one less loss." (AP, 2008)
Atlanta was also fined $50, 000 by the league for their gross negligence in failing to correct the error.
There are actually two units of officials in Atlanta that are supposed to keep tabs on the action, and when discrepancies do arise, they are supposed to consult with one another. Obviously, protocol wasn’t followed this time around, resulting in the re-do.
When O’Neal was incorrectly called for his sixth foul, the Hawks were leading 112-111. So, we can see why Miami filed a complaint.
The ruling from the NBA hurts the Hawks more than it does the Heat. Atlanta is a potential playoff team, while Miami are at the bottom end of the standings.
It’s the second time that a statistical error had occurred during a game in Atlanta in a year, so, we can assume that the league was trying to send a message to the team, and the other franchises in general. Don’t mess up.
On the official league website, the final 51 seconds have been wiped off the records – just like an alien abduction. The status of the game still remains in progress, re-starting after Al Horford’s free-throws.
In what has to be one of the most bizarre occurrences in league history, when the two teams next meet, there’ll be an extra 51 seconds that need to be played, that has some resonance.
In keeping up with the surreal theme of today’s post, here is a video of the top 10 biggest NBA bloopers of 2007.
The Hawks ‘won’ the December 19 contest 117-111 in overtime at home. So, why do these
Shaq is bowled over with today's ruling from the NBA. (Photo by Victor Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
"We're human. We make mistakes," Hawks owner Michael Gearon Jr. said. "There certainly wasn't anything malicious about it. We have one of the most senior scoring staffs in the league. They're good. It happened. There's not much we can do about it." (AP, 2008)
Miami now have one less loss, whilst Atlanta is missing a win. So, the Heat can rejoice – kind of. Their season still is going down the crapper.
"Wait a minute! I picked up a win today, or lost a loss," Heat coach Pat Riley quipped in New Orleans, where the Heat played the Hornets. "I can wake up tomorrow knowing there's one less loss." (AP, 2008)
Atlanta was also fined $50, 000 by the league for their gross negligence in failing to correct the error.
There are actually two units of officials in Atlanta that are supposed to keep tabs on the action, and when discrepancies do arise, they are supposed to consult with one another. Obviously, protocol wasn’t followed this time around, resulting in the re-do.
When O’Neal was incorrectly called for his sixth foul, the Hawks were leading 112-111. So, we can see why Miami filed a complaint.
The ruling from the NBA hurts the Hawks more than it does the Heat. Atlanta is a potential playoff team, while Miami are at the bottom end of the standings.
It’s the second time that a statistical error had occurred during a game in Atlanta in a year, so, we can assume that the league was trying to send a message to the team, and the other franchises in general. Don’t mess up.
On the official league website, the final 51 seconds have been wiped off the records – just like an alien abduction. The status of the game still remains in progress, re-starting after Al Horford’s free-throws.
In what has to be one of the most bizarre occurrences in league history, when the two teams next meet, there’ll be an extra 51 seconds that need to be played, that has some resonance.
In keeping up with the surreal theme of today’s post, here is a video of the top 10 biggest NBA bloopers of 2007.
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