In the first game of the season, the <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/team-building-at-international-competitions-is-sprinting-the-ultimate-challenge-for-the-new-hc-of-the-us-representative-nba-number-web/" title="Team building at international competitions is "sprinting". The ultimate challenge for the new HC of the US representative. —NBA –Number Web”>Golden State Warriors beat the Blazers 139-104. TRUE? Well no. Although that was the score with which the game officially ended, the NBA has realized that the Californians had a point removed that was not uploaded to the electronic, so the result has been corrected to 140- 104.
Specifically, this point was “stolen” from De’Anthony Melton, who was ruled to have missed two consecutive free throws by the scorers’ table even though he scored the first of them. The action occurred with 2 minutes left in the third quarter, when the Warriors were already leading 91-67, which meant that this goal was forgotten and had to be rescued more than a day after the conclusion of the match.
This is, however, a fairly irrelevant change a priori. It could only affect the classification if it were necessary to reach the point differential as a tie-breaking criterion, for which it would be necessary for the Warriors or the Blazers to tie with another team in number of victories, in the particular duel with said team, in victories against teams from the same division (if they coincide), in victories against teams from the same conference, in victories against playoff teams from the same conference, and in victories against playoff teams from the rival conference. It could be somewhat more relevant in the case of the NBA Cup, in which the point differential is a much more relevant criterion, but it still seems difficult for a single point to change much.
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