NEW YORK (AP) -The NBA has denied the Dallas Mavericks’ protest of their 116-108 overtime loss to the Houston Rockets last month.
The Mavericks argued that the referees had improperly called a technical foul on center Erick Dampier following an instant replay review with 1:01 left in overtime of the Dec. 18 game. Because it was Dampier’s second technical foul, he was ejected.
However, commissioner David Stern ruled Tuesday that the decision to give Dampier a technical was a judgment call, not a misapplication of the rules, which can’t be protested under NBA rules.
The league will rule later this month on a protest the Atlanta Hawks filed because of a shot clock error in their loss at Cleveland last week.
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