Not that this is justification, but another thing to consider is why the official scorer missed the FT. The official scorer was blocked by a coach or sub. Depending on the gym, I have seen this several times where a sub or coach will stand directly in front of the table and sometimes a basket will get scored or missed, but it is usually caught. Another interesting thing about the article is that the official scorer was a student, which leads me to infer that there were only 2 books: one official (probably home or high seed) and the other book. The oddest thing is why someone did not see two points go up on the board when it happened and bring it up then as a correctable error.
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