The Lakers beat the Grizzlies 123-120 on Saturday night time in a sport that was a good battle all through however noticed L.A. eke out a win to maintain their hopes alive of the 8-seed within the West (and thus two cracks at a Play-In win to make the playoffs).
Nevertheless, somewhat than being a 48 minute battle, it was perhaps the primary NBA sport in historical past to play 49:06 of regulation. That’s due to a clock reset error within the third quarter that put an additional 1:06 on the sport clock after a Grizzlies shot clock violation, as the sport clock reset from 1:14 to 2:20, with nobody within the enviornment seeming not discover.
Simply realized the Lakers and Grizzlies performed 13:06 minutes within the third quarter final night time. When the shot clock was alleged to be reset at 1:14, the sport clock was additionally by accident reset to 2:20. Nobody seen they usually performed the remainder of the best way with the brand new sport clock. pic.twitter.com/oeEE0F7f3C
— Ramiro Bentes (@NbaInRstats) April 13, 2024
I went again and rewatched the top of the third quarter to determine what occurred, and plainly it was confusion from the clock operator. Memphis had dedicated a shot clock violation with 2:20 left on the sport clock previous to the one they dedicated with 1:14 to go within the quarter. So, after they reset the clocks, they need to’ve both been on autopilot and completed the identical factor they’d completed simply over a minute in the past or hit a pre-populated reset button that also had 2:20 on the sport clock from the earlier reset. The end result was an additional minute of play, and in that point, the Lakers bought a little bit of a bonus. Within the closing 1:06 of the quarter (which shouldn’t have been performed), L.A. bought two buckets to Memphis’ one, turning a 1-point deficit right into a 1-point lead.
