NEW YORK – The NBA has denied the Dallas Mavericks’ protest of their March 22 loss to the Golden State Warriors whereas acknowledging recreation officers may have carried out higher.
The Mavs protested the result of the competition, claiming officers did not correctly administer an out-of-bounds name with about two minutes left within the third quarter of the Warriors’ 127-125 victory.
Confusion over possession — after Dallas got here onto the courtroom after a timeout and arrange underneath the incorrect facet of the courtroom — left Golden State free for an uncontested dunk.
The league acknowledged on Thursday that officers “could have taken steps to better manage this particular situation on the play in question.”
However, the league famous that the incident occurred with practically 14 minutes remaining within the recreation “and Dallas thereafter took the lead twice in the final four minutes.
“Under these circumstances, Dallas was not in a position to present — as required underneath the usual for NBA recreation protests — that it was disadvantaged of a good alternative to win the sport, and the protest failed on that foundation alone.” — Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
