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Old Tue Apr 20, 2004, 11:08pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by unstandable
I just read this on ESPN.com:

"Did you know that, according to the NBA rule book, Chris Webber's pass to himself off the board for a dunk late in Sunday's Game 1 victory over the Mavericks should have been waved off as a traveling violation?"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playof...arc&id=1786241

So are you guys sure that he's wrong? At this point I don't know what to think.
Short answer:

Chances are that the writer for ESPN has NEVER seen a rule book, much less read one.

Did the officials call a travel? No.

The writer is wrong.
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