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Jalen Rose Reaction To Erik Spoelstra Timeout Mishap Goes Viral

Shandel Richardson

Oct 30, 2022; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Former NBA and University of Michigan Fab Five player Jalen Rose has a front row seat for the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Golden State Warriors during the in the first half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Reginek-Imagn Images
Oct 30, 2022; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Former NBA and University of Michigan Fab Five player Jalen Rose has a front row seat for the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Golden State Warriors during the in the first half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Reginek-Imagn Images / David Reginek-Imagn Images
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Former NBA player Jalen Rose was obviously having flashbacks Tuesday night.

After Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn't have against the Detroit Pistons, Rose's reaction was captured on television. A Detroit native, Rose was likely thinking back to the 1993 NCAA title game. That was when Rose was playing for the Michigan Wolverines. Teammate Chris Webber called an infamous timeout when one wasn't available, allowing the North Carolina Tar Heels to shoot free throws to put things away.

Rose's face quickly went viral on the Internet.

“I just made a serious mental error there at the end," Spoelstra said. "That’s on me. I feel horrible about it. There’s no excuse for that, I’m 17 years in. We had talked about it in the huddle. I knew we didn’t have anything. I just got emotional and reactive."

Not everyone took aim at Spoelstra.

While TNT's Charles Barkley acknowledged the mishap, he was more concerned with the Heat allowing the Pistons to tie it on a backdoor alley-oop the previous possession while inbounding with 1.8 seconds left.


"[Spoelstra] was so pissed off because it can't happen with 1.8 seconds to go," Barkley said. "That can't happen. You cannot give a dunk up with less than two seconds to go, so he was emotional. I love me some Spo. He made a mistake, no big deal. He made more good ones than bad ones. How the hell y'all give up a dunk with less than two seconds to go?

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here