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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
I was watching the game and it was clear that the 6th man was not discovered until after the basket was scored. The Blazer's color commentator, Mike Rice, didn't understand the rule (so what's new) and made fun of the play, saying that teams should do this all the time to get an advantage, since "they won't be penalized and lose the basket".
BTW - it was Greg Oden who was the "extra" man on the court. He was supposed to come out after the timeout. They showed him on the bench after the violation and when he found out the basket would count, he just started grinning.
Ah, the NBA. It's FAN-TASTIC!  |
This is the reason why I don't like the idea of a 1 shot T. This would seem to be the perfect situation to give 2 shots back to the team that was taken advantage of.
I have a feeling that this play will be changed for the future in the NBA, that they will go back and replay this.
As far as Doc Rivers, that guy has been in basketball nearly all his life, and the rule has always been that way. The rarity is that the team scored and the Celtics were subject to double jeopardy, a made basket, and only 1 FT to right the wrong.
Officials are always blamed for this, because we are supposed to do the preventative officiating.
I know a former NBA observer of officials and he says it is the officials that will pay the consequences for not using proper game management. The NBA might introduce a mechanic to prevent this from happening again, similar to the NFL coin toss reaction for several years ago.