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NBA using ‘automated officiating’ to get even more calls right

Tool’s robotic eyes track nearly everything on the court

BY TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press
Posted 10/31/25

The play, in real time to the naked eye, might have looked very close to a violation. LeBron James leaped, got his right hand on the ball with a few tenths of the game's final second remaining and tapped it through the basket to give the Los Angeles Lakers a buzzer-beating win last season.

Referees on the floor called it correctly. Video replay backed up their call, and the Lakers got a victory over the Indiana Pacers.

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