• The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers‘ game on Saturday was ended by an odd sequence of replays, callous refereeing calls, and technical issues that left both teams feeling defeated. The conclusion was so awful that Steve Kerr, the coach of the Warriors, demanded a significant overhaul of the replay system.

Late in the fourth quarter, LeBron James had a crucial three-pointer ruled out of bounds after officials examining an earlier out-of-bounds call noticed that James’ heel had touched the sideline before to the shot. They missed another out-of-bounds call on a subsequent jump ball, which prompted a Lakers challenge and a lengthy review. They then retroactively banned the three.

The shot clock finally broke after the second review, to top it all off. While all of this was cleared up, the game was effectively delayed from start to finish by eighteen minutes.

Following the incident, Kerr proposed that the NBA restrict replay review to possible buzzer-beaters, claiming that the disturbance to the game’s flow outweighed the advantages of more reviews.

Many people in the league would probably agree with Kerr at this point. The NBA has tried to address this exact issue, but as Saturday showed, this kind of usage of replay will never be widely accepted. Some reviews can take absurdly long periods of time, which contributes to the issue. In the final two minutes, when it seems like everything is being looked at, close games frequently come to an abrupt stop. Although the game on Saturday was on the extreme end of that, it is still far too common.