Big Mistake

[Adam]

According to the OP, the score in the book and on the board was not tied when the officials left. Only after a few minutes of bickering between bookkeepers did they find an error in the book and correct it. Game's over since the officials left. It may not "feel" right, but it's correct.
Now, if the books were both showing tied and the score board was all that was wrong, then MTD has the right idea.

[cmathews]

I now agree....no OT

[cmckenna]

I'm confused.... Where in the OP does it say anything about the scoreboard???

[DC_Ref12]

Originally Posted by cmathews

I now agree....no OT

So...the game just stays tied?

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by DC_Ref12

So...the game just stays tied?

No, the team who had the extra point wins, in this case the home team.

[DC_Ref12]

Originally Posted by tjones1

No, the team who had the extra point wins, in this case the home team.

Ok, now I'm confused. I thought the OP said the extra point was on the scoreboard, and that according to the official book, the game was actually tied.

"After a few minutes the book keepers found a discrepency in tehe book that had the game tied."

Am I just mis-reading this statement?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by DC_Ref12

Ok, now I'm confused. I thought the OP said the extra point was on the scoreboard, and that according to the official book, the game was actually tied.

"After a few minutes the book keepers found a discrepency in tehe book that had the game tied."

Am I just mis-reading this statement?

See post #9 in this thread for clarification from the OP.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by DC_Ref12

Ok, now I'm confused. I thought the OP said the extra point was on the scoreboard, and that according to the official book, the game was actually tied.

"After a few minutes the book keepers found a discrepency in the book that had the game tied."

Am I just mis-reading this statement?

Yes, it was found in the (score) book, not on the scoreboard. According to the first post, the error was found in the book. He never said the "error" was on the scoreboard.

[Junker]

Originally Posted by tjones1

No, the team who had the extra point wins, in this case the home team.

They didn't have an extra point. The scoreboard is not official, the book is official. The overtime should have been played. Btw, were they lucky enough to have the crowd leave before they came out and started the OT? It might be nice to have them gone so you wouldn't have to listen to their thoughts on the screw up for the entire overtime.

[tjones1]

Originally Posted by Junker

They didn't have an extra point. The scoreboard is not official, the book is official. The overtime should have been played.

Ok, I'm confused now, too. Where does the OP state the error was on the scoreboard? He stated: "After a few minutes the book keepers found a discrepency in the book that had the game tied."

[DC_Ref12]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Ok, I'm confused now, too. Where does the OP state the error was on the scoreboard? He stated: "After a few minutes the book keepers found a discrepency in the book that had the game tied."

It sounds to me like this story is being told second hand. The OP heard about this play and "was told" by whoever was at the game, that the home team was down 2. I read that as the scoreboard showed that the home team was down 2.

This is only a guess because the OP is pretty confusing. Maybe the OP can come back and clear some things up for us.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Ok, I'm confused now, too. Where does the OP state the error was on the scoreboard? He stated: "After a few minutes the book keepers found a discrepency in the book that had the game tied."

My guess is that the running score (at the top of the book) showed something like 61-60. Then, when all the individual points were added up, they came to 61-61.

Too late, imo. The 61-60 running score is official.

[FMadera]

Originally Posted by Junker

They didn't have an extra point. The scoreboard is not official, the book is official. The overtime should have been played. Btw, were they lucky enough to have the crowd leave before they came out and started the OT? It might be nice to have them gone so you wouldn't have to listen to their thoughts on the screw up for the entire overtime.

Presumably when the officials left the court, the book had one team leading by 1. That's the score that was approved when they left the court, and that should have been the "official" final score.