Grizzlies confident Kings' 'media campaign' won't lead to win being overturned
Memphis Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace told Yahoo Sports he expects the NBA will validate his franchise's protested victory over the Sacramento Kings, "regardless of the media campaign being waged."
In the aftermath of the Grizzlies' 111-110 victory on Thursday night, Sacramento filed a protest with the league office insisting Courtney Lee's buzzer-beating shot should've been disallowed. The Kings maintain an inbounds pass to Lee had been tipped and the game clock should've run out before Lee could've caught and scored the basket.
Memphis officials have been bothered over what they believe has been an unsavory public and media campaign to pressure the commissioner's office into changing the call, league officials told Yahoo Sports.
"The officials made the correct call on the play that ended the game on Thursday," Wallace told Yahoo Sports on Monday. "Then the officials followed league procedure and reviewed the conclusive footage provided by the state-of-the-art NBA replay center.
"After a thorough review, the play was correctly upheld. The inbounds pass was not tipped and Courtney Lee did get his shot off in time. The league even posted conclusive video footage supporting the call on its replay website.
"We are confident that the NBA will uphold the game result regardless of the media campaign being waged."
The Kings had blown a 26-point lead in the loss. The Grizzlies entered Monday night tied with the Houston Rockets for the best record in the NBA at 9-1.
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