The Knicks are not going to give up the game against the Houston Rockets without expediting resources to avoid it. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPNthe New York organization has filed a formal protest with the NBA with which it hopes to resume the game with a tie to play an overtime.
Just as it sounds. Based on both the NBA’s own report and the fact that Ed Malloy, head of the referee team, later recognized the error when calling a foul on Jalen Brunson, those from the Big Apple understand that they have sufficient basis to appeal the 105-103 loss to the Rockets, which was certified by Aaron Holiday from the free throw line for a non-existent foul by Brunson on him with less than a second left.
If the NBA opts not to restart the game with a tie, the Knicks will at least hope to eliminate that loss from their season total. The problem for them is that to achieve a favorable resolution they not only need to demonstrate an arbitration ruling, but also the misapplication of a rule.
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Despite being placed by many analysts as one of the best teams in the League after their movements in the market – arrivals of OG Anunoby and Bojan Bogdanovic –, the plague of injuries suffered in recent days has pushed them to lose in three consecutive games .
For the NBA to give in in this case seems complicated. In the history of the American competition, only six protests were resolved with a favorable result for the complainant. The last of them took place following what happened on December 19, 2007, the day in which Shaquille O’Neal was sent off against the Atlanta Hawks for six personal fouls when he had only committed five. That match resumed with 51.9 seconds left on March 8, 2008.
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2024-02-14 09:19:36
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