DALLAS -- The NBA denied the Dallas Mavericks' protest of their March 22 loss to the Golden State Warriors, the league announced Thursday.
Dallas protested the 127-125 loss due to their claim that the officials did not properly administer an out-of-bounds call with approximately two minutes remaining in the third quarter, resulting in an uncontested basket for Golden State.
"But the incident occurred with nearly 14 minutes remaining in the game, and Dallas thereafter took the lead twice in the final four minutes," the league's statement read, in part. "Under these circumstances, Dallas was not able to show -- as required under the standard for NBA game protests -- that it was deprived of a fair opportunity to win the game, and the protest failed on that basis alone.