During the recent Lakers-Warriors game, a series of shot clock malfunctions and replay review stoppages led to significant delays, disrupting the flow of the match. The issues began with the shot clock not working properly, prompting brief delays and confusion among players and officials. The situation escalated when the shot clock stopped working entirely, resulting in the Lakers PA announcer having to announce the shot clock countdown live for each possession. This unconventional method was employed amid growing restlessness from the crowd at the venue, known as the Crypt. The final two minutes of the game were particularly affected, taking an unusually long 23 minutes and 27 seconds of real time to complete. These delays were compounded by multiple referee reviews, with one segment of the game taking more than 15 minutes to progress from 1:50 to 1:35 left in the fourth quarter. The NBA's Last 2 Minute Report was noted to be excessively long due to these incidents. Veteran broadcaster Mike Breen remarked that he had never seen anything like this in over 30 years in the NBA.
End of Warriors-Lakers game had ridiculous 19-minute delay https://t.co/t5ZvxWiKGt https://t.co/qUZ9FsAW00
LMAO https://t.co/eduaz4ixKU https://t.co/gqxstCDeLD
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the shot clock did not break, it fell asleep.
"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. https://t.co/XNULtX2ciG
The final two minutes of Lakers/Warriors took exactly 23 minutes and 27 seconds of real time to complete.
The Lakers PA announcer is announcing the shot clock as it winds down on each possession. The shot clock is malfunctioned. https://t.co/MLrpuQH9FI
The Lakers PA is going to announce the shot clock in light of the malfunctions that's been going on for the last several minutes.
They're now going to have to announce the shot clock live over the arena's speakers.
PA announcer says he has to announce the shot clock as it winds down amid issues that have delayed play for more than 15 minutes: https://t.co/RrnItO8JBv
.@khobi_price just checked out the game footage: for this Lakers-Warriors game, the 15 seconds to go from 1:50 remaining to 1:35 left in the 4th Q took more than 15 minutes because of referee reviews
The shot clock continues to malfunction. Another stoppage.
Now the shot clock is not working… https://t.co/BjCAy0qqSM
Shot clock issues and replay review stoppages making the end of this game an absolute mess in LA. There hasn't been any basketball in almost 10 mins.
Issues with the shot clock follow multiple reviews. Crowd at the Crypt is getting restless.
What is going on with the shot clock???
The last time the Lakers faced the Warriors DOUBLE OVERTIME was needed to determine the winner 🤯 Take a look back at the CRAZY FINISH between LAL-GSW on 1/27 ⤵️ https://t.co/6KsMIclbUq
More shot clock issues. Joy.
Brief delay here. Shot clock issue. Onward we go.