The Portland Trail Blazers officially challenged the NBA on the 24th (Korea Standard Time) for the result of the 109-111 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and asked for a replay.
With a 109-108 lead with 15.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Portland claimed coach Chunsey Billups had apparently asked guard Malcolm Brogdon for a timeout on the sideline before the umpire pointed out a double dribble.
When the referee ignored it, Billips made a rough protest and was sent off after two technical fouls.
According to the referee's report, referee Bill Kennedy explained that the referee was unable to listen to coach Phillips's timeout request at the time because he was focusing on the play in front of him.
OKC's Shai Gilzers-Alexander made one of two free throws from a technical foul by Billips to tie the game 109-109, and Jaylen Walliams made a shot with 2.1 seconds remaining to seal the victory.
The cost of filing an objection is $10,000 (about 13 million won), and if the objection is accepted, it will be refunded.
According to ESPN statistics, the NBA has only had six objections accepted in history.
The last was on December 20, 2007, when Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neill committed five fouls, a game that was incorrectly ruled six fouls. The game resumed on March 9, 2008, but neither team scored in 51.9 seconds, giving Atlanta a 114-111 victory.
According to The Athletic, Portland's request for a rematch is the 45th in NBA history. Only 13.3% of them succeeded. Only two times have the results of the game been overturned.
The first was on November 29, 1952, when the Philadelphia Warriors lost 78-77 in overtime to the Milwaukee Hawks.
The Warriors complained that the Hawks illegally replaced the fifth player after the disqualification left them with only four eligible replacements.
The request for a rematch was accepted and the final part of the game was played again on March 12, 1953. The result was a 72-69 victory for the Warriors.
On December 1, 1982, the San Antonio Spurs lost 132-137 to the Los Angeles Lakers after two extra games.
With Spurs leading 116-113 four seconds before the end of the fourth quarter, Lakers guard Norm Nixon got two free throws.
Nixon made his first free throw, reducing the margin to two. However, Nixon did not make a fake throw on his second free throw. Players from both teams moved to the lane to secure rebounds.
The umpires called for a jump ball. The Lakers tied the game by catching the ball, and won the game after the second playoff. Spurs appealed that the umpires should have asked Nixon to throw a free throw instead of a jump ball.
The Spurs' request for a rematch was successful, with both teams playing the final three seconds again on April 4, 1983. In the end, San Antonio won 117-114.
A request for a rematch is accepted only when the rules are applied incorrectly. A referee's misjudgment is not a consideration.
Therefore, John Hollinger predicted that Portland's complaint, which asked for a replay, saying that the referee ignored it even though he called a timeout, would be dismissed.