Friday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers was one minute and six seconds longer due to a table error in clock management.
“We have confirmed that the game clock was set incorrectly in the third quarter,” NBA spokesman Tim Frank acknowledged this Saturday in a statement reported by American media.
“After the possession ran out, the clock was set to 2:20 when it should have been at 1:14. “That error went unnoticed in real time by the teams, the referees, the clock operator and the table,” he added.
On social networks you can see a video of the game in which Memphis attacks and, in the last seconds, launches two consecutive shots that do not touch the rim, so their possession should end there.
There is a first error on the part of the table since they give a new possession as if the second shot had touched the basket. The referee notices this mistake and stops the play.
However, on the next possession the Lakers did not start the play with 1:14 but with 2:20 due to a new mistake in the clock, so that third quarter lasted 13:06 instead of the regulation 12:00.
According to the ESPN network review, in those 66 extra seconds the Grizzlies and Lakers scored two points each, so the error had no impact on the final result (victory for the Angelenos by 120-123).
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2024-04-14 07:23:21
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