NBA: Expands Use of Instant Replay
Referees will be able to use replay at any point in a game to determine whether the shot clock expired before a shot was released or before ...
Referees will be able to use replay at any point in a game to determine whether the shot clock expired before a shot was released or before a foul was committed. Replay may also be used in the final two minutes of regulation (and the final two minutes of an overtime period) to determine which player last touched a ball that goes out of bounds.
Instant replay could influence N.B.A. games to an unprecedented degree this season, with the league approving its use in two new areas.
The league announced the new rules in a statement released Friday evening. No explanation for the expanded policy was given.
The N.B.A. has been gradually increasing its use of replay. Last year, the league approved its use to determine whether field goals were correctly scored as 2-pointers or 3-pointers and, related to that, whether a shooter who was fouled should be awarded 2 free throws or 3. Referees were also given the authority to use replay to deal with clock malfunctions that come with no time left on the clock at the end of any period.
The new uses announced Friday were developed by an instant-replay committee consisting of seven N.B.A. coaches and executives: Boston’s Danny Ainge, Dallas’s Rick Carlisle, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Mike Dunleavy, Cleveland’s Danny Ferry, Houston’s Daryl Morey, Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti and Philadelphia’s Ed Stefanski.
According to the N.B.A.’s statement, the committee will monitor the current replay policies and consider new applications.
