Stern denies Dallas scoring protest

[duncan228]

I was afraid to wander back into the protest thread...Please move if it needs to be there.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html

Stern denies Dallas scoring protest

DALLAS (AP) -- NBA commissioner David Stern denied a game protest Friday by Dallas, ruling that a field goal incorrectly counted as a 3-pointer didn't impact the outcome of the Mavericks' four-point loss to Indiana.

The official scorer inadvertently recorded a basket by Troy Murphy as a 3-pointer with 9:59 left in the second quarter of the Mavericks' 111-107 loss on Nov. 23.

Stern decided against a replay of the game because there were 34 minutes remaining at the time of the error, giving Dallas "substantial opportunity to overcome the 1-point error," according to a statement released by the NBA.

NBA rules permit officials to correct scoring errors before the end of a game, but the mistake was not noticed until after the game.

The Mavericks did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

[Shank]

It's obvious they weren't looking to actually replay the game, more to just point out the scoring error (hopefully to snowball into the other bad calls that night). I'd say point well made. Whatever.

[Walter Craparita]

We'll try to put in a good word for you guys.