The NBA Board of Governors approved the expanded use of instant replay in two circumstances, beginning with the 2009-10 season, the league announced today. Referees will now be permitted to use instant replay in the following situations:

- To determine at any point during the game whether a 24-second shot clock violation occurred prior to the release of a successful field goal attempt OR prior to a foul being committed.

- To determine during the last two minutes of regulation play and the last two minutes of any overtime period which player last touched the ball prior to it going out-of-bounds or whether the ball was last touched simultaneously by two opponents.

The out-of-bounds proposal was developed by a new instant replay committee consisting of: Danny Ainge, Boston Celtics Executive Director of Basketball Operations and General Manager; Rick Carlisle, Dallas Mavericks Head Coach; Mike Dunleavy, Los Angeles Clippers General Manager and Head Coach; Danny Ferry, Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager; Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets General Manager; Sam Presti, Oklahoma City Thunder General Manager; and Ed Stefanski, Philadelphia 76ers President and General Manager.

The committee will continue to meet to discuss possible new uses of instant replay and monitor existing uses.


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OCTOBER 23, 2008: NBA EXPANDS USE OF INSTANT REPLAY

The NBA Board of Governors voted to allow the expanded use of NBA instant replay by game officials, beginning with the 2008-09 season, the league announced today. The two approved proposals allow referees to use NBA instant replay for the following scenarios:

- To determine at any point during a game whether a field goal was correctly scored as a two or three-point field goal, and, for the purposes of awarding the correct number of free throws, whether a shooter was fouled while taking a two or three-point attempt.

- When the game clock malfunctions during a play concluding with no time remaining on the clock (0:00) at the end of any quarter or overtime period.

With respect to the first scenario, review would occur at the discretion of the game officials, and would be based on a conclusion by the crew that they cannot be reasonably certain whether the shot was a two or three-pointer.

In the second scenario, game officials are currently required to reconstruct the timing of a play occurring during a clock malfunction; the use of NBA instant replay would enable them to do so with substantially greater accuracy.