Instant Replay approved by the NBA Board of Governors

Yeah I was happy to hear about it myself. It will change the outcome of alot of close games this year. And Had they had it in the Playoffs the Lakers would have been eliminated by the Kings.
It won't get let them and other teams off so easy next time

 

SEE, all those letters to the league we sent in worked.

I am interested to hear the specifics...I wonder if they'll institute a challenge rule ala the NFL?!

 

YES!!!!! Thank you for the Instant Replay b/c now there will be less crazy calls b/c the referees didnt see the play or something like that and we all know that the camaras dont lie!

 

The only thing it does is look at a play if a last second shot goes it. I'm pretty sure that they only review whether the shot gets off and whether it's a two or three pointer (if there's a dispute), although if a foul is blatantly obvious they have to call it I bet.

 

Yeah, the Kings were not beaten by Horry's shot in that game. They were robbed by Walker's hail-mary at the end of 1st half. Instant replay would have disqualified that shot and eliminated the Lakers.

 

http://www.nba.com/news/replay_020729.html

NEW YORK, July 29 --The NBA Board of Governors today approved the use of instant replay to review certain last-second plays at the end of each quarter and overtime periods. The instant replay rule will go into effect beginning with the 2002-03 preseason.
"As we saw last season, last-second plays sometimes occur in which it is impossible for a human being to determine whether the play took place before time expired,” said Stu Jackson, NBA Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations. "In those circumstances, the game officials will now have the use of instant replay to assist them in making the correct call.”

The league’s Competition Committee met in Chicago last month and voted to recommend the use of instant replay to the Board of Governors. A formal recommendation was presented to the Board last week for its approval.

Instant replay reviews will be conducted and processed in two minutes or less by the game officials. The call made during play will only be reversed when the replay provides the officials with a “clear and conclusive” basis to do so.

Instant replay review will be triggered automatically – and not at the discretion of the officials or teams – in the following situations:


FIELD-GOAL ATTEMPTS

A field goal that could affect the outcome of the game is made with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of the fourth quarter or any overtime period.
A field goal is made with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of the first, second and third quarters.
Once replay is triggered in either of these two situations, the officials will review instant replay to determine whether time on the game clock had expired before the ball left the shooter’s hand. If the shot was timely, the officials may also review tape to determine if the field goal was scored correctly as a two-point or three-point basket, whether the shooter committed a boundary line violation when he released the ball and whether a 24-second clock or 8-second backcourt violation occurred before the shot.


FOULS

A foul for which the resulting free throws could affect the outcome of the game is called with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of the fourth quarter or any overtime period.
A foul is called with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of the first, second and third quarters.
In these situations, officials will review instant replay to determine only whether the called foul occurred prior to the expiration of time on the game clock and not whether the call itself was correct.

 

I would prefer a challange rule in which a foul or a no call could be challenged and a timeout used if the call is not reversed ala the NFL. Then, just maybe, Shaq might get called for an offensive foul once in a while.

 

I wish they hadn't done it. It adds a simple veneer of justice to a system that is inherently still fraught with the inadequacies of men. Without instant replay, it was up to the refs to make the calls and one knew that -- right or wrong -- the call would be made the best that ref could humanly make it. With instant replay, it removes that mantle from the ref and assigns it to technology, with the implication that it is as flawless as a computer. But, it isn't. You can probably call the last second shot accurately 100% of the time. But, you can't assure that the clock was started on time. Nor can you eliminate other errors in judgment that led to a last-second shot being a last-second shot. Without that, the actual time expiration judgements are somewhat a farce. My vote is let the players play and the refs ref. If they screw up, so be it.