http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/12/31/the-hawks-had-a-right-to-be-angry/ Musings on the world of sports Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/12/31/the-hawks-had-a-right-to-be-angry/comment-page-1/#comment-11338 Tim in Plantation FL Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:32:55 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=5258#comment-11338 Hi Pat, I agree that the Hawks had a right to be angry about the shot clock mishap, but I think that they handled the situation poorly. I've watched just about every Cavs game the last few years and I've seen this happen on at least a few other occasions. Ususally, the team with the ball that notices the problem will either stop dribbling and point out the problem to the officials, call a time out and then point it out, or just let it expire and then notify the officials of the problem. Atlanta didn't do any of the above. They only called timeout and argued about it AFTER the ball was stolen and the Cavs scored, which makes me wonder if they really were even aware of the problem before the steal. Because the steal happened prior to the shot clock going off and the play continued and the Cavs scored, I don't think that there's anything the officials could do at that point to rectify the situation. Since play never stopped, how could they at that point take points off the board from the Cavs and then do a do-over? If Atlanta noticed the problem before the steal, they should have just let the clock run out and then pointed out the problem. The officials then could have confirmed the problem (especially since there was less than 2 min left and they can review anything at that point) and then reset the game and shot clock and started over again with Atlanta taking the ball out on the side. Hi Pat, I agree that the Hawks had a right to be angry about the shot clock mishap, but I think that they handled the situation poorly. I've watched just about every Cavs game the last few years and I've seen this happen on at least a few other occasions. Ususally, the team with the ball that notices the problem will either stop dribbling and point out the problem to the officials, call a time out and then point it out, or just let it expire and then notify the officials of the problem. Atlanta didn't do any of the above. They only called timeout and argued about it AFTER the ball was stolen and the Cavs scored, which makes me wonder if they really were even aware of the problem before the steal. Because the steal happened prior to the shot clock going off and the play continued and the Cavs scored, I don't think that there's anything the officials could do at that point to rectify the situation. Since play never stopped, how could they at that point take points off the board from the Cavs and then do a do-over? If Atlanta noticed the problem before the steal, they should have just let the clock run out and then pointed out the problem. The officials then could have confirmed the problem (especially since there was less than 2 min left and they can review anything at that point) and then reset the game and shot clock and started over again with Atlanta taking the ball out on the side.

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