It was a rough night for the shot clock on Saturday, with issues in Los Angeles leading to huge delays in the Lakers and Golden State Warriors contest.
With one shot clock refusing to budge, the PA announcer had to count down the time and a stopwatch was used. It was all kinds of weird and LeBron James had an NSFW thing (with a laugh) to say in response to the whole issue.
But fans noticed earlier in the game that there was a possession in which the shot clock reset in the middle of the play … and the Warriors took some 30 seconds to score. WILD!
shot clock resets in the middle of warriors' possession pic.twitter.com/EVxYptOhC2
— ◇ (@2MANYBRIDGES) March 17, 2024
Refs took the night over lmaoooooo
Why the shot clock reset?? 😂
pic.twitter.com/zcm4r0QmRy— Coach James 🇭🇹 (@JamesEdrick3) March 17, 2024
"I've never seen anything like this in 30+ years in the NBA."
— Mike Breen
The shot clock in LA stopped working.
After a LONG delay, it was determined the clock would be kept via stopwatch, with PA man Lawrence Tanter counting down the time. pic.twitter.com/XNULtX2ciG
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 17, 2024