What do you guys think? Clearly there was a shot clock malfunction late in the 4th quarter, and it seems to have rushed the Hawks into their play (a turnover by Josh Smith). The Cavs went on to win the game by 5 points. Do the Hawks protest? Mike Woodson was visibly upset about it but the refs couldn't do anything about it, apparently.
The refs wouldn't even acknowledge an error. I would feel better if they said there was an error, but they couldn't do anything about it. The Hawks should most certainly file a protest, the question is will the league do anything. A couple of years ago the Hawks were on the other end of a statistical error, and they replayed a whole game vs. Miami. I don't think that will happen though
“This is a game we should’ve won,” Johnson said. “We had some unfortunate events that happened on the court and it happens. Unfortunately, we have to deal with it.”
Atlanta coach Mike Woodson plans to file a protest with the league, contesting that the Hawks were robbed of a late possession by a shot-clock problem.
Woodson, who spent much of the night complaining about calls and non-calls, was annoyed that the officials did not notice that the 24-second shot clock was not reset following a miss by the Cavaliers with 1:56 left. The Hawks, who were leading 99-98, ended up not getting their allotted time and committed a costly turnover while rushing to get a shot off.
During a timeout, Woodson protested to the officiating crew and had a few choice words for the clock operator.
Woodson felt the error cost his team the game.
“We’ve got a one-point lead with the ball going the other way and we’re rushing to get a shot because the clock is not in our favor,” he said. “You figure it out.”
Atlanta’s Josh Smith(notes), charged with a turnover on the controversial sequence, was upset that the play was missed by referees Ken Mauer, Courtney Kirkland and Ed Malloy.
“We were up by one, so that was a momentum swing,” he said. “I thought one official was supposed to check the clock and not all three of them paid attention to the game.”
Williams shrugged off the Hawks’ planned grievance.
“What can they do?” he said. “They should protest, they lost. If they won, they wouldn’t.”
Denied. I didn't expect a different result, because it's pretty freakin' rare, but that quote is horse ****.
Quote:
The NBA denied the Hawks’ protest of their Dec. 30th loss in Cleveland. According to the league’s official release, “Commissioner [David] Stern determined that the shot clock error did not have a clear impact on the game’s outcome and therefore did not justify the extraordinary remedy of granting the protest and overturning the game’s result.”
all i said was that the quote wasn't horse ****. obviously the error affected the game and put the hawks at a disadvantage but i don't think you can say it had a clear impact on who won the game.
Update: Hawks Will File Protest With NBA
Update: Hawks Will File Protest With NBA
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