Since 1952 there has been 35 protests filed with the nba. The league has overturned 8 games and forced a replay.
The first recorded protests occurred in 1952 when the Indianapolis Olympians protested a loss. That protest was denied
one of the weirdest replays was in 1979 the nets protested technical foul calls which resulted in the Sixers being award more free throws than they should have.
The league then said the two teams needed to replay the final quarter and a half of the game.
Before the two teams met again to replay the final quarter and a half. The two teams made a trade. The Sixers sent Harvey Catchings and Ralph Simpson to the Nets for Eric Money. This trade resulted in all 3 players playing in the same game for both team.
The next time a game protest was upheld was in 1983 between the Lakers and Spurs.
The last time a game was replayed was in 2008 between the Hawks and the Heat.
Original Game | Replayed Game |
Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | OT? | Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Replayed |
11/28/52 | Hawks | 78 | Warriors | 77 | OT | 3/11/53 | Warriors | 72 | Hawks | 69 | final minutes of reg |
11/6/69 | Hawks | 124 | Bulls | 122 |   | 2/8/70 | Hawks | 142 | Bulls | 137 | Overtime |
12/3/71 | Braves | 91 | Cavaliers | 90 |   | 2/1/72 | Braves | 91 | Cavaliers | 90 | remaining 0:04 |
11/14/73 | Pacers | 84 | Spurs | 83 |   | 2/3/73 | Spurs | 95 | Pacers | 90 | Final 60 seconds |
1/7/76 | Squires | 112 | Nets | 89 |   | 1/24/76 | Squires | 107 | Nets | 100 | 3 minutes |
11/8/78 | Sixers | 133 | Nets | 137 | 2OT | 3/23/79 | Sixers | 123 | Nets | 117 | Final 5:50 of 3rd quarter and 4th quarter |
11/30/82 | Lakers | 137 | Spurs | 132 | 2OT | 4/3/83 | Spurs | 117 | Lakers | 114 | Final 3 seconds |
12/19/07 | Hawks | 114 | Heat | 111 | OT | 03/08/08 | Hawks | 114 | Heat | 111 | Final 51.3 second |
Failed Protest
Date | Protester | Opp. | score | Reason |
2/26/52 | Indianapolis Olympians | Philadelphia Warriors | 88-86 | Refs Incompetence |
5/13/04 | San Antonio Spurs | Los Angeles Lakers | 74-73 | Derek Fishers 0.4 shot |
11/13/14 | Sacramento Kings | Memphis Grizzlies | 111-110 | Made basket after clock expired |
12/03/19 | Houston Rockets | San Antonio Spurs | 135-133 | James Harden dunk that was erroneously not counted |
1/17/20 | Dallas Mavericks | Atlanta Hawks | 111-107 | John Collins made a shot after a goal tending review |
There has been 12 protests from 1978 to 1985 and then 13 from 1986 to 2014.
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