<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Heat was working Thursday on a formal protest to be submitted to the league regarding the scorekeeping in Wednesday's 117-111 overtime loss in Atlanta. With 51.9 seconds to play and the Heat trailing 112-111, Heat center Shaquille O'Neal was determined by the scoring crew at Philips Arena to have been disqualified, by virtue of his sixth foul. However, according to an initial scoring transcript released by the Hawks-employed scoring staff, as well as a preliminary box score issued by the Hawks, O'Neal was listed as having only five fouls. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel</div>
LOL your kidding right, these people are complaining about the refs?????? if you saw that game, Miami was getting all the calls. Wade took 21 free throws, you got called for a foul for even looking at him the wrong way. I swear it was one of the most lop-sided foul calls I ever seen, and I watch the Hawks all the time, at it's usually lop-sided 95% of the time.
How idiotic are these Hawks' scorekeepers? They cost the Raptors a game last season by not counting a basket and now this. Absolutely ridiculous...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Miami Herald - The Heat has asked the league to look into a discrepancy in the fouls center Shaquille O'Neal was assessed in Wednesday's loss to the Hawks. O'Neal was called for his sixth foul -- and disqualified -- with 51.9 seconds remaining and the Heat trailing 112-111. The Heat lost 117-111 in overtime at Atlanta. At the time O'Neal was disqualified, the Hawks' initial official transcript revealed that he had only five fouls. At issue appears to be a foul called with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter. Forward Udonis Haslem was initially credited with the foul. It was later given to O'Neal. Heat head trainer Ron Culp is charged with making sure the Heat's fouls are consistent with the official scorer's stats. But Riley said Culp was also preoccupied with treating injured center Alonzo Mourning, who ruptured right knee ligaments in the first quarter. "When I heard six fouls [on O'Neal], it wasn't unusual for me to hear that," Riley said, half-jokingly. "We talked to the league about it. These things happen. We make mistakes, and the scorer's table makes mistakes."</div> There's the update... http://www.miamiherald.com/594/story/352763.html
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Dec 21 2007, 02:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How idiotic are these Hawks' scorekeepers? They cost the Raptors a game last season by not counting a basket and now this. Absolutely ridiculous...</div> Yup this is the second time the league needs to investigate. With all the technology available there shouldn't be any mistakes and a system for checks and balances in place.
Aren't the refs supposed to keep track of this stuff as well? Did the Heat complain during the game because I'm sure they were keeping track.
Couldn't the Heat's coaching staff just look up at the jumbotron to make sure the foul counts were correct? If there was a discrepancy they could inform the officials and sort it out with the score keepers. Both sides should be held accountable.
