Do Over!

Apparently the Heat and the Hawks are going to do a little playground rules hoops.  On December 19th, the Hawks official scorer ruled that Shaq had fouled out with 51.9 seconds left.  One problem- he only had five fouls.  Now the teams are going to have to replay the end of the game.

A couple weird things about this- first off, Wade had played 49 minutes (it was an overtime game), and Joe Johnson played 53.  Will they each have to run stairs for an hour before the refs start the game again?  Meanwhile, Jason Williams didn't play due to injury, but Alonzo Mourning did.  Will Williams be prohibited from entering the game, even if he's healthy at the time?  For that matter, the game will be resumed March 8, before the teams play their next game against each other.  What if Shaq's injured at the time?  Isn't that the exact same as if he had fouled out mistakenly?  So much weirdness here.  It nearly makes more sense for them to do the whole game over again, than just the last 52 seconds.

Some housekeeping strangeness about it too.  Each team has had the game temporarily taken out of their standings- Miami has one fewer loss than they did yesterday, and Atlanta has one fewer win.  Also, the ESPN box score for the game shows it "in progress," and presumably will for the next two months.