A Sixth Player Illegally Ran Onto The Court During Overtime Of An NBA Playoff Game In 1993, And No One Noticed Until Now
ESPN's Ethan Sherwood Strauss has a remarkable story from Game 7 of the 1993 Rockets-Sonics series: Houston had the ball and was down 101-100 with 13 seconds left when reserve player Winston Garland walked onto the court during
Watch the video from the 16:44 mark here ...
They started the play with five guys:
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But then Garland creeps onto the court, and they have six:
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By the end of the play, he's in rebounding position, and wide open:
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Another remarkable tidbit: It was actually sound strategy because of a loophole in the rules.
If Garland got caught, they would have given him a technical but they couldn't take away any points that he scored, according to ESPN. So if he hit a three to put the Rockets up 103-101, it would have counted!
