We’ve seen in a million times. Bad calls. Wrong calls, and calls who just look so wrong, you don’t know what the referee was thinking. Last year the NBA implemented a replay center to help deal with those close calls in close games. For the most part it’s been working in the favor of having correct calls, and has been pretty useful of a tool, other then the fact that it completely ruins the tempo and momentum of the game.
Now, the NBA is claiming the Replay Center incorrectly overturned a call in the Miami Heat Vs. Washington Wizards game on Friday night. According to Brett Pollakoff of NBASports:
“This happened late in Friday night’s CONTEST between the Heat and the Wizards. As Miami’s Tyler Johnson went in for a put-back tip-in with 1:08 remaining, the initial ruling was that he touched the ball while it was in the cylinder, and the basket was disallowed. But the replay center overturned the call (well, technically the officials in the arena did with the center’s assistance) and awarded the Heat with two points.
The game’s Last Two Minute Report, however, graded that overturning as incorrect, stating that Johnson touched the ball AGAIN after the initial legal tap, which should have negated the play altogether.”
The NBA Replay Center was put in place to stop things like this from occurring, maybe we need to look at another way to make the RIGHT call, FAST. The sad part about sports and refereeing is someone isn’t going to like your call, no matter the call.
