Rockets continue to prove they are the whiniest franchise in pro sports

They would just replay the game at the point of the basket, right? Its happened before in recent memory iirc

There was 7 minutes or so left in the game right?

I can understand if this was in the last minute or something but that is a lot of time left.

Nothing will happen here.

So they gonna replay the game that Lebron traveled in too?
Silver sound fine them for being a bunch a pathetic bitches.

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Its happened before in recent memory iirc

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During overtime, the Heat’s Shaquille O’Neal, who by then was basically an oil tanker in a basketball jersey, was called for his sixth foul of the night, disqualifying him from participating in the final 51.9 seconds of the game. Shaq sat down, Al Horford hit two free throws to put the Hawks up 114-111, and that was that. Shortly thereafter, the game was over and the Hawks had won 117-111. It turned out, though, that a bookkeeping error had accidentally attributed a fourth-quarter Udonis Haslem foul to Shaq, giving him one more than he really had, meaning really he had only five fouls and should’ve been able to play that 51.9 seconds when he was forced to sit.

The Heat filed a protest afterward, which was upheld by the NBA several weeks later in January. As such, it was ruled that the Heat and Hawks would replay the final 51.9 seconds of the game when they met again in Atlanta for another Hawks-Heat game on March 8, 2008.

The stipulations for the replayed game were fairly simple and straightforward: The two teams would replay the final 51.9 seconds prior to the start of that evening’s full-length game, the score would be reset to 114-111, and the Heat would be inbounding the ball. Any of the players who had not fouled out prior to the 51.9 mark would be allowed to participate (Josh Smith had fouled out for the Hawks, so he had to just watch), and any of the players either team had picked up before the trade deadline could play too.

Some of the more interesting bits:

-The original Hawks-Heat game was actually the final game of Alonzo Mourning’s career. He suffered a knee injury while trying to block a shot. Two things about that: (1) When the training staff brought the stretcher out for him, he refused to get on it. He later said, “That’s not the way I envisioned myself walking off the court for the last time in my career. I’ve been through so much in my life. If I had to crawl off the court, I would have. Nobody was going to push me off on a stretcher off the court. That wasn’t going to happen.” That’s incredible. (2) The fact that the final play of Alonzo Mourning’s career was him trying so hard to block a shot during an early-season game that he ended up hurting himself is exactly the reason he was such a beloved figure in the NBA. An almost uncountable number of things can happen on any given night in basketball, but “Alonzo Mourning not killing himself to win” isn’t one of them.

-Pat Riley, who was the coach of the Heat that season, said he filed for a protest because, “We thought we were going to get out of this funk we were in,” referring to how they’d started the season 7-18, not knowing that they were headed toward that abysmal 15-67 finish. “We were fighting for anything. So we protested the game and hoped that we would continue to win then and that we would have a shot at winning this one. But it’s all turned around on us.” I don’t know why “But it’s all turned around on us” is so funny, but it is.

-The Hawks-Heat replayed game was the first do-over in the NBA in more than 25 years. The one prior to that happened when referees incorrectly called for a jump ball following a double lane violation at the end of a Lakers-Spurs game in 1982. Pat Riley was the coach of the Lakers when it happened.

-The Heat had traded Shaq away to the Suns during the time that had passed between the original Hawks-Heat game and the replayed one. So, despite the fact he was the central reason the game was being replayed, he did not participate in it. (You can probably use this as an example of how Shaq’s legacy has always been so big and booming that even his shadow wobbles everything around it.)

-As part of the Shaq-to-the-Suns trade, the Heat received Shawn Marion. The Suns were playing a game the same night as the original Hawks-Heat game, and all of the stats from the replayed Hawks-Heat game were attributed to the original Hawks-Heat game, meaning that Marion is one of only a handful of players to officially be credited with having played for two different NBA teams on the same night.
The Hawks and Heat got a 15-minute break between the conclusion of the replayed game and the start of the following game.

-Nobody scored during the replayed game, which means (a) the Heat lost two games in one night, and also kind of means (b) the Hawks won a game without scoring a point, which is very much an extremely Atlanta Hawks thing. The only more Atlanta Hawks thing I can think of is if they somehow figured out a way to lose a game while scoring more points than the other team.

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It triggers fans of the lowly franchises who posted above you.

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You think we are triggered by this?



Get real. We suck so bad we have our own problems to be triggered by.

This makes the rockets seem like such a joke of an organization

Yes, the blown call on the dunk was egregious. Remarkably egregious.

Also egregious? Rockets getting two points on an alley-oop to end the 3rd quarter when they SHOULD have had a backcourt violation.

Also egregious? Harden touching the ball while out of bounds to "save" it in to Clint Capela, who was awarded 2 free throws.

Most egregious? The Rockets allowing a 20 year old Lonnie Walker to drag his barely-dropped nuts all over their entire excuse for a basketball club and outscore them for an entire quarter while ALSO slowing down their "MVP" on the other end of the court, and blowing an 8 point lead with 1 minute to play. To a sub. -500 team, by the way

Hell, San Antonio should COUNTER-protest that we shouldn't have had to come back from 22 points down to son houston yet again. Should have been 20

Was listening to Russillo and Simmons the other day, and from people they talk to around the league, the Rockets are by far the most hated franchise in the NBA.

-This stuff

-Morey's ridiculous trade offers

-How high profile Morey is (guess the notion is that GM's should be more behind the scenes than he is.......that's whatever)

-The China debacle

Just like the Bartman ball. It was only going to be out 2 and they allowed 8 runs.


Rockets were up 13 with around 8 minutes left. They also had the ball last in regulation and both overtimes and couldn't do anything. You can't just assume that 1 blown possession will automatically equal and extra 2 points. That's now how things work.

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The Rockets' protest of their loss to San Antonio on Tuesday night is officially into the league office -- and will have to prove "clear evidence" that the outcome of the game was affected by the play in question to succeed

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I thought the rule was the refs have to misinterpret a rule, not just make a bad call?

The ref here just made a bad judgment call. Hypothetically, if the Rockets win this and it's replayed, then any team can protest any game based on the Final 2 Minute report and have precedent set to demand a do over, no?

The ref did not apply a rule incorrectly, he just made a bad call.

Rockets will whine as its in their blood now since getting Morey and bringing in Harden.

Fact is that the protest is pathetic since there are easily other blown calls in the game that benefited the Rockets.

Furthermore, the Rockets had the right to ask for a review and according to the officials waited until it was too late to challenge. D'Antoni then goes out and gives BS that they refused it to him by saying it wasn't reviewable.

Given the Rockets, Morey and Harden's histories, I'd gladly believe the refs over them in this case.