Hoopinion: NBA Denies Appeal

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From the release:

Commissioner 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.

When the officials failed to recognize the timing error, the Hawks should have stopped playing and forced them to deal with it immediately. Every passing moment thereafter made correcting the error less likely.

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