Bulls vs Celtics

[grunewar]

I once had an evaluator/trainer tell me that if a fight breaks out in a game it's because we as officials let the game get out of control or missed something we should have caught. While I agree in principle, I told him don't believe this is an absolute. Thoughts?

[bas2456]

There are only 6 eyes to cover 10 players...no way we can see everything. Fights don't always come out of physical play. We don't have bionic ears either.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I once had an evaluator/trainer tell me that if a fight breaks out in a game it's because we as officials let the game get out of control or missed something we should have caught. While I agree in principle, I told him don't believe this is an absolute. Thoughts?

[Nevadaref]

To add another strange item to this series there was a scoring mistake on a basket in the first quarter (a 3pt was recorded as only a 2) which was just fixed with 5:44 remaining in the 4th quarter!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

To add another strange item to this series there was a scoring mistake on a basket in the first quarter (a 3pt was recorded as only a 2) which was just fixed with 5:44 remaining in the 4th quarter!

Any word on how the mistake was discovered so long after the play?

[AKOFL]

Any thoughts on the double T in the fourth quarter? Didn't seem like alot to me. Maybe there was something going on for the last few possesions.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Any word on how the mistake was discovered so long after the play?

While this doesn't exactly answer the question, it is from the NBA.com website:

After three consecutive overtime games, the series went from Odyssey to oddity when an unusual scoring correction helped the Bulls cut the deficit to three points in the fourth quarter.

With 5:44 left in the game, the public address announcer said that because of a "technical error'' Gordon was credited with a 2-pointer instead of a 3-pointer, apparently on his basket with 8:32 left in the first quarter. Officials can use video replay to check whether a shot is from beyond the arc or not, but it is supposed to come at the first break after the basket - not three quarters later.

Gordon's shot had been reviewed at the break that came with 3:37 left in the first, the scoresheet said.

Entire article is at: NBA.com Scoring error brings Bulls closer during timeout