NBA goes further in technological assistance for the judge

As well as a tennis head toward leaving Line judgesReplaced with electronic systems and this football uses artificial intelligence to detect in offside, NBA It is still signed with its “automated” arbitration system. Implished discreetly, this system has proven its value last year, recalls thatDuring Winning on the buzzer for the Lexer Against Pejsac on the touch of Lebron James. Was his hand above the circle? The judges decided to confirm this basket, and the technology has shown them properly.

“Computers are very good at it”Explains Evan Vasch, Executive Vice President of the Strategy and Advanced Statistics. “If we can develop this technology more reliable, according to two levels, but we also do not have to concentrate in these good judgments and that they have improved their accuracy and that they are so good in it and that they are so good In that good judgments and that they have improved their precision and that they have improved their precision in that good advantage.

In particular, the latest generation cameras located in the rooms follow the ball, hands, feet and fingers in real-time, and at the same time analyze their movements using artificial intelligence.

Objective: To remove uncertainty about disputed actions, such as a counterattack in the Silase phase, the balls that are released in contact or balls touch above the rim.

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“What we do is follow a large number of items in space with amazing precision” Explains Evan Vasch. “We follow basketball, fingers, feet, heads, hands – all parts of the body using cameras and sensors. And there is an aspect of machine learning and artificial intelligence that it allows algorithms to determine what actually happened, based on all these elements.”

What do coaches who have “challenges” to challenge decisions think and who are often most fierce to judges? “Let’s make it right and do it faster”Summarizes Doc Rivers, Bucks Coach. For your share, Evan Vasch provides “There is a huge amount of openness by judges and judges and judges regarding the implementation of this technology, because it allows them to concentrate on aspects of being trained to work as part of their job.”

Maintenance “Pace of the game” is also one of the arguments that it wants to use computers and and decisions need to review the action, even allow fans to understand the judgments using judgments using judgments using portable judgments.

Other new characteristics: Some judges are tested to climb communication between judges and the “re-center”, and the NBA also considers notifications to connect notifications to speed up validations.