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Why Marcus Douthit's 'own basket' in Gilas-Kazakhstan wasn't counted
There was a goofy sequence on Sunday with 11 seconds left in Gilas Pilipinas' game against Kazakhstan, when Marcus Douthit tried to score on his own basket after an inbound pass from Jimmy Alapag.
But the referees waved off Douthit's basket for Kazakhstan, instead calling a violation and calling a violation on Gilas.
After the game, Gilas coach Chot Reyes said that team captain Alapag had asked one referee whether that was a legal play and got an affirmative, but another referee had nullified it.
It turns out that the referee who waved the basket off did the right thing.
According the Article 16.2.3 of the official 2014 FIBA Official Basketball Rules: "If a player deliberately scores a field goal in his team’s basket, it is a violation and the goal does not count."
At that point, Gilas was leading by two points, 67-65, but the team needed to win by 11 to advance to the semifinals by virtue of a better quotient in case of a three-way tie among the Philippines, Kazakhstan, and Qatar.
The team was hoping to force overtime to possibly have more time on the clock to run up the score. — JST, GMA News
But the referees waved off Douthit's basket for Kazakhstan, instead calling a violation and calling a violation on Gilas.
After the game, Gilas coach Chot Reyes said that team captain Alapag had asked one referee whether that was a legal play and got an affirmative, but another referee had nullified it.
It turns out that the referee who waved the basket off did the right thing.
According the Article 16.2.3 of the official 2014 FIBA Official Basketball Rules: "If a player deliberately scores a field goal in his team’s basket, it is a violation and the goal does not count."
At that point, Gilas was leading by two points, 67-65, but the team needed to win by 11 to advance to the semifinals by virtue of a better quotient in case of a three-way tie among the Philippines, Kazakhstan, and Qatar.
The team was hoping to force overtime to possibly have more time on the clock to run up the score. — JST, GMA News
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