History was unintentionally made during Friday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies, as the two sides ended up playing 13:06 minutes in the third quarter, due to a bizarre shot clock error. An X user named Ramiro Bentes was the first to point out that the game clock was reset to 2:20 following a shot clock violation at the 1:14 mark.
Somehow, no one at the time noticed this happened and it only came to everyone’s attention the following day when Bentes pointed it out. With his post going viral, the NBA released a statement in which they admitted that an error was made.
This is such a bad look for the NBA. While you would have thought the teams, especially the Lakers considering the stakes, would be keeping a close eye on the clock, I wouldn’t flame them for somehow missing this error.
The Lakers would eventually go on to win 123-120, with LeBron James recording 37 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals. Had they lost, though, you wonder if the team would have filed some sort of protest.
This issue with the game clock wasn’t the only oversight made by the officials on the night either. As per the L2M report, LeBron should have been assessed with two traveling violations, and a foul by Rui Hachimura on GG Jackson was missed as well. It was just a bad night in all for the referees and the game clock operator.
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