During the Houston Rockets‘ recent loss against the San Antonio Spurs, there was a controversial call made by the officials with 7:50 remaining in the final period. Rockets’ guard James Harden had a breakaway dunk on a fast break which was waived off by the officials, as the ball rimmed out of the net. Harden dunked the ball with so much force that it bounced out after going to the bottom of the net.
Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni immediately tried using the league’s newly implemented coach’s challenge, but was unable to challenge the ruling.