The strangest sequence of 2023 NBA Summer time League in Las Vegas performed out in the course of the fourth quarter of a blowout between the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers. With Dallas on its option to a rout late within the sport, huge man Marcus Bingham Jr. grabbed a cross from his teammate and sprinted down the courtroom the obvious fallacious manner for what seemed to be a dunk on the wrong basket.

Shops had been fast to clip the video and put up it with bewilderment: how may an NBA participant rating on the fallacious basket, even in Summer time League? What the viral spotlight didn’t inform you is that the officers botched your entire sequence and ended up waiving off Bingham’s dunk — though he did rating on the right basket.

Watch the play right here — with a tweet from Bingham rightfully stating that he wasn’t fallacious.

Right here’s what occurred:

The Mavericks hit a three-pointer to present themselves a 104-78 lead. Indiana rushed the ball to halfcourt, the place their coach referred to as a timeout. For some purpose, the refs gave the ball to the Mavs, and pointed them on the basket the Pacers had been taking pictures at. Bingham realized his crew wasn’t speculated to shoot at that basket, intercepted a cross from his teammate, and ran to the alternative to dunk on the right basket.

The refs blew the play lifeless, and ultimately gave the Pacers the ball and had them taking pictures on the appropriate basket. Bingham’s bucket didn’t depend.

It’s particularly weird that this occurred to Dallas due to a comparable incident this previous season. In a March sport between the Warriors and Mavs, the refs arrange the play on the fallacious finish and gave the Warriors a free bucket. Mark Cuban filed a protest which the league didn’t acknowledge. It was one of many greatest fiascos of the 12 months.

How do the Mavs at all times get on this scenario?

Summer time League is an audition for gamers attempting to interrupt into the league — and it’s an opportunity for brand spanking new refs to indicate what they’ve bought, too. It isn’t at all times fairly for both social gathering.