NBA PLAYBACK

by danielholl on Aug 26, 2008 9:31 PM PDT

Now that the MBL has instituted video playback to verify home runs and such, NBA fans are waiting for technology to help officials make the right choices.

The New York Times put out a great article detailing the benefits of video review:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080826&content_id=3370191&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

For the NBA, one instance in particular stands out in my mind where this would help. March 24, 2008. Warriors v. Lakers. The final game in the series. The Warriors, as usual, start slow but have an amazing comeback fueled by some Stephen Jackson 3's late in the game. The game goes into OT. Buike owns Kobe and the boards....well why don't you just watch:

This game just about gave me 20 heart attacks. Afterwards, I felt like I had been blown by Jessica Alba, only to find out it was Rosie Odonnel. I felt cheated, disgusted and full of hate. Buike was an awesome 6th man in this game. He and Monta kept the game going with their energy. Here are the stats for that game for fun:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=280324009

So how would this playback work. Would there be challenges like the NFL? Would they carry over quarters? I know this has been discussed before, but now that Baseball and Football both have it, it seemes like a matter of time before the best sport of them all adopts some form of it. Thoughts?

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Another Time

was a few years ago when Baron was given a stupid technical against the wizards after the game was already over. Arenas hits it to “win the game”. Couldn’t find the clip though.

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by danielholl on Aug 26, 2008 9:38 PM PDT reply actions

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Remember that game. Arenas was tellin the team to head to the locker room even before he made the free throws. After that game, that’s the dubs made that run

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by siniGANGSTER.GSW on Aug 27, 2008 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Maybe Baron should have talked in his ear at the FT line

It worked for LBJ.

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by Dubs fan in Boston on Aug 27, 2008 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Replay on buzzer beaters

was a great addition. I don’t think a replay system like the NFL would be good just because of how fast the game of basketball is. It slows everything down.
Example: If a coach sees a player step out of bounds on a fast break but the refs don’t see it I don’t think it would be fair to challenge that.
As for fouls like the one Fisher committed, it would be better to allow replay in the last 2 minutes similar to the NFL. Basketball is a fast game where as football and baseball are slower. There is always a “dead ball” in those sports where as basketball just flows.

by Captain Jack on Aug 26, 2008 11:46 PM PDT reply actions

The one thing about instant replays

Is it is not for challenging alleged fouls or miscalls (with the exception of football, but even that is a little iffy). Officials, for good reason, do not want to be challenged every time a team disagrees. They have to have confidence in their ability to make the right decision, and not second guess their calls (even if a small percentage of them are wrong). Given that, the referees union in every league is very strong, and even though it makes more sense to have a computer call strikes and balls in baseball (more consistent and accurate), they will never do it because of the “tradition of the game” and the strong union. Therefore, even with instant replay I doubt this would be overturned because of the qualifications stated above.

by outqast on Aug 27, 2008 1:09 AM PDT reply actions

NBA fans are waiting for technology to help officials make the right choices.

Like hell we are! Replays suck. Refs are part of sports, always have been. Baseball will be sorry they messed with the game to satisfy a few vocal whiners. Football was a lot more entertaining in pre replay days. …….now back to regular programming.

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by Skeptic con Urquell on Aug 27, 2008 9:45 AM PDT reply actions