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From the two-minute report : Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) throws the ball toward the sideline, where it is touched by a spectator out of bounds. The game clock runs down to 00:00.1. After conferencing, the officials reset the game clock to 00:00.3. Since the clock did not reach 00:00.0, instant replay cannot be triggered in this situation. From replay, we can see that the ball went out of bounds at 0.8. But from the report, it seems that game officials couldn't use replay during the game to check or correct the exact time remaining in this situation. What NBA or basketball rule applied when the spectator interfered with the ball There was no spectator interference. The ball was thrown out of...
Full answer by BowlOfRed: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/30146 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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