Brad Miller, Bulls Get Screwed … Sorta
Things I think I know: With instant replay, if a call is to be overturned, there has to be conclusive evidence that the call made was wrong. In the above scenario, that would mean this: the refs had to, without a shadow of a doubt, see that the ball was still in Brad Miller’s hands when the red light went off. If not, their ruling of the shot being good stands. And if it’s too close to call, hence no “conclusive” evidence? You go with the ruling on the court, too.
Things I think I saw: Contrary to what every single Bulls fan I follow on Twitter was saying, I think the ball was still on the tip of Miller’s fingers when he released the shot. Yes, it was ridiculously close. Yes, I wish the call had gone the other way. Yes, I agree there’s certainly a case to be made that since it was so close, there wasn’t conclusive evidence, and the ruling the refs made of the shot being good should stand. But I guess I just kept waiting to see the replay where I was like “A-ha, he got it off, Bulls win!” I never saw that, though. Every replay I saw I had a sinking feeling it was going to be overturned because it ever so slightly looked like it was still on his fingertips. I’m probably in the minority here, but so be it.
Conclusion: Here’s where it gets tricky. I will agree that the Bulls got jobbed. When you’re at home, it’s that close, and the refs called it good from the get-go, one would assume the call stands. But I think the refs huddled around the monitor and were like: “OK, dudes, even though we called it good, can we really justify that still, now that we’re looking at the multiple replays that aren’t really telling us that? I don’t think we can.”
The reason I’m so jaded about this? I’ve seen Indiana end up on the wrong side of these calls too many times this football season.
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that buzzer beater shot or not.
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