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Officials miss obvious delay of game penalty on Patriots touchdown vs. Packers

Officials missed an egregious delay of game penalty on a Patriots touchdown during Sunday’s showdown with the Packers.

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The Green Bay Packers were able to win in overtime, but the officials at Lambeau Field missed an obvious and egregious delay of game penalty on  the first of two touchdowns scored by the New England Patriots during Sunday’s overtime thriller. The play occurred during the third quarter and ended up giving the Patriots the lead.

The play clock was on zero for a couple of seconds, but no whistles were blown. After the play was allowed to continue, quarterback Bailey Zappe connected with wide receiver DeVante Parker for a 25-yard touchdown. However, it should have been blown dead and the Patriots assessed a five-yard delay of game penalty.

In fact, replays showed that the playclock reached zero and actually reset to 40 seconds before the Patriots had snapped the ball.

Here’s the replay:

Gene Steratore, the officiating analyst for CBS, was adamant that a delay of game penalty should have been called and the play stopped.

The playclock is not a shot clock, meaning officials have leeway in terms of assessing the foul. The back judge is responsible for watching the playclock and then refocusing on the snap if the clock hits zero, creating a bit of lag time for offenses to get the ball off even after the clock runs out. But this instance was at least two seconds after the clock hit zero.

Perhaps, it is time to revisit this rule and how it is enforced.

The league will likely review the play and determine that a delay of game should have been called. Luckily for the Packers, the missed call didn’t end up costing Matt LaFleur’s team a win on Sunday.

Ref tells Knicks guard to ‘thank Chris Paul’ for delay of game call

Elfrid Payton was whistled for a delay of game penalty for having an untucked jersey in the Knicks game against Denver.

Turns out, Chris Paul isn’t the only one refs “got” for not tucking in a jersey.

During New York’s game against the Nuggets on Sunday night, Knicks guard Elfrid Payton was whistled for a delay of game for tucking in his jersey as he was entering the game.

When the whistle blew, Payton looked at the ref with his hands in the air.

The courtside mics picked up the ref telling Payton, “y’all thank Chris Paul for that”.

Paul has raised the level of scrutiny on proper attire for players when entering a game since he called out Jordan Bell for coming into the Thunder’s game against Minnesota with an untucked jersey back on December 7.

What followed was a wild sequence of events that included a made technical free throw, a full-court length pass, and a buzzer-beater to tie the game. Oklahoma City went on to beat the Timberwolves in overtime.

Following the Jordan Bell jersey incident, Paul was whistled for two delay of game violations in OKC’s next game. Paul said of those calls that the refs “got him back” and were “trying to make a point”.

The NBA rules clearly state that players should have their uniforms tucked in when entering the game. “If his shirt is untucked when he is beckoned into the game by the official, a delay of game violation shall be assessed”.

Chris Paul: Ref ‘got me back’ with delay-of-game calls

Two days after a delay-of-game violation and technical foul helped OKC beat Minnesota, Paul was assessed delay-of-games against Portland.

Turns out the delay-of-game violations go both ways.

Two days after Paul helped get a delay-of-game violation and technical foul assessed against the Timberwolves, a move that ultimately led to an Oklahoma City win in overtime, on Monday night against the Trail Blazers, Paul and OKC were both delay-of-game violations and a technical foul.

Nick Friedell of ESPN detailed how the situation unfolded.

Referee Brian Forte whistled the Thunder for both delay-of-game violations. The first came in the first quarter with 53 seconds left — a violation Thunder coach Billy Donovan is still unclear about — while the second violation came with 2:31 left in the second quarter resulting in a technical foul.

When the second violation was assessed, the microphones picked up Paul, who was obviously unhappy with the call.

“You’re trying to prove a point,” Paul said. “You’re going to be on SportsCenter tonight, good job! You’re going to be on SportsCenter tonight.”

According to Friedell, Billy Donovan said after the game that he didn’t see the violations.

“The first one I’m not really sure about,” Donovan said. “The second one, the explanation was they stepped on the floor with their sweats on. I didn’t see it. … As they were stepping on the court they were taking their sweats off. That’s what was said, but I’m going to see. I don’t want to say yes or no, I just want to see. Because I hadn’t had a chance really to see it.

Meanwhile, Paul told reporters after the game that “he got me back”.

“Two delay of games, on me? They both was on me, wasn’t it? That was good. He got me, he got me back.”

When asked if it was in response to the situation with Jordan Bell on Friday night, Paul responded, “what you think?”

The 34-year-old veteran did say that he learned something from the whole ordeal: that you can’t have your shooting shirt and your pants on when you’re checking in.

“I learned something new,” Paul said. “But we won, so I’m good.”.

Chris Paul called out Jordan Bell’s untucked jersey in wild OKC win

Chris Paul alerted referee Scott Foster to Jordan Bell’s untucked jersey, resulting in a delay of game and a technical foul against the Timberwolves.

Chris Paul has always been known for his high basketball IQ. On Friday night, it was his intimate knowledge of an obscure rule that helped the Thunder to a wild overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

With 1.1 seconds left in the clock in regulation, Karl-Anthony Towns was at the line to try and ice the game with the Timberwolves leading 121-119.

He missed the first of two attempts, and Minnesota subbed in Jordan Bell, whose jersey was untucked.

According to ESPN, Paul alerted referee Scott Foster to Bell’s jersey immediately.

“Jersey out! His jersey’s out! That’s a delay of game!” Paul yelled. Foster took notice, and called the Wolves for a delay of game. “Damn right,” Paul said after Foster made the call.

The replay shows the moment where Paul pointed out Bell’s untucked jersey to Foster.

Paul is clearly audible on the broadcast feed.

Not surprisingly, Paul was asked about it after the game.

“That happens more often than not. Sometimes refs be like, ‘whatever’ but that is the rule,” said Paul. “Checking in with your jersey untucked is a delay of game. Call it what you want to.”

Paul said that he was aware that the Timberwolves had already been assessed a delay of game warning earlier in the game.

After Danilo Gallinari and Towns made their respective free-throws, Steven Adams launched a Hail Mary pass downcourt to Dennis Schröder, who hit a layup to beat the buzzer and send the game into overtime.

The Thunder outscored Minnesota 17-5 in OT to walk away with a 139-127 victory.