This Thursday, the NBA rejected the protest that the Dallas Mavericks made after the defeat they suffered on March 22 against the Golden State Warriors in a game that was stained after a controversial basket.
Mark Cubanowner of the Mavs was convinced that the game would be repeated, since his team lost at home by a difference of two points, the same that the Warriors would not have achieved in the third quarter when the referee signaled an exit of the ball in possession of Golden State and immediately changed the address to the Dallas bank.
The Mavericks had requested a timeout, so when they returned to the court they positioned themselves in the opposite field thinking that the ball belonged to them, however, possession was for the visit. Kevon Looney, with no defenders nearby, proceeded to hit the easiest double of his career.
However, the bizarre incident occurred with an entire quarter remaining and a couple of minutes of the third on the line. In that span, the Mavericks took the lead twice, so the NBA rejected the protest.
“The incident occurred with nearly 14 minutes remaining in the game, and thereafter, Dallas took the lead twice in the final four minutes,” the NBA said in its statement. “Under these circumstances, Dallas failed to demonstrate, as required by the standard for protests at NBA games, that he was deprived of a fair chance to win the game, and the protest failed on that alone,” he argued. .
Now, the Mavericks have to get a victory in their two remaining games against the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder lose to get the last ticket to the Western Conference play-ins.
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