NBA Statement Regarding Officiating Error NEW YORK, Feb. 26 ?- The following statement was issued by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations, in regard to an officiating error during the Los Angeles Lakers-Denver Nuggets game on Feb. 25 at the Pepsi Center: "In last night?s Lakers-Nuggets game, official Michael Henderson stopped play by blowing his whistle to signal a 24-second shot clock violation with 27.4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. That call was incorrect because the ball, in fact, hit the rim. Once play was stopped, the game officials made the correct ruling by resuming play with a jump ball at midcourt. This was an unfortunate call at a highly critical point in the game, and we very much regret the error." posted on NBA.com LOL....thats all i could say.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Krazygreen:</div><div class="quote_post">NBA Statement Regarding Officiating Error NEW YORK, Feb. 26 ?- The following statement was issued by Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President, Basketball Operations, in regard to an officiating error during the Los Angeles Lakers-Denver Nuggets game on Feb. 25 at the Pepsi Center: "In last night?s Lakers-Nuggets game, official Michael Henderson stopped play by blowing his whistle to signal a 24-second shot clock violation with 27.4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. That call was incorrect because the ball, in fact, hit the rim. Once play was stopped, the game officials made the correct ruling by resuming play with a jump ball at midcourt. This was an unfortunate call at a highly critical point in the game, and we very much regret the error." posted on NBA.com LOL....thats all i could say.</div> Very critical to the Lakers success.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kobe Krazy:</div><div class="quote_post">Very critical to the Lakers success. </div> lol...they shouldnt have blown that lead to begin with.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting lakeshow:</div><div class="quote_post">Oh well. Shit happens. Luckily it happened in our favor </div> Homey watch the language...Check the guidelines
All this does is just add to the fact that all scramento fans think the Refs cheated them out of a shot in the finals
I saw the game and everyting, but one thing confused me. Why was it a jump ball? If Denver's shot clock ran out(even tough it did hit rim) it should have been Laker ball anyways.....
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple N Gold:</div><div class="quote_post">I saw the game and everyting, but one thing confused me. Why was it a jump ball? If Denver's shot clock ran out(even tough it did hit rim) it should have been Laker ball anyways.....</div> If the ball did hit the rim,the shot clock would restart and Carmelo did get the rebound (I think) when they whistled and stop the game.So the Nuggets would have kept the Ball if they didn't do that mistake.
