The following has been released by the NBA. pic.twitter.com/zdF29Swrva
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) February 28, 2024
In all likelihood, the NBA does not want to open a bag of worms by establishing a precedent that subjective calls can be successfully challenged. Even still, the objection appears to be of little use as a mechanism if it cannot correct even a call as plainly wrong as that one (which the crew admitted to missing just minutes later).
Fortunately for the Knicks, the laws of karmic justice smiled down on them. Earlier this week, they found themselves on the receiving end of another awful game-swinging referee controversy.
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