The New York Knicks filed a protest with the NBA to dispute the 105-103 loss to the Houston Rockets on Monday night, sources told ESPN.
The Knicks and Rockets aren't scheduled to play again this season, but the hope of the protest is to either pick up a tie game with the start of overtime, or somehow remedy the Knicks without a loss.
Nevertheless, a protest must prove the "misapplication" of a rule, not simply a missed call.
Only six protests in league history have been upheld. The NBA has not often upheld protests in its history -- only six times, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
The last time came Dec. 19, 2007, when Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal was incorrectly ruled to have six fouls when he had only five. The game was resumed March 8, 2008, but neither team scored in the 51.9 seconds that was replayed from overtime and the Hawks won 114-111. Before the game was resumed, O'Neal had been traded to the Phoenix Suns.