Bulls made an illegal sub at the last play?

[J Shuttlesworth]

I was curious about this so I just rewatched it to see. I remember this happening in the Heat/Spurs series too a couple years ago.

So the play in question was LeBron driving to the rim at Noah with a few seconds left. It was out of bounds of Mirotic with 1.5 seconds left before LeBron's game winner.

Now the call was Out of Bounds, not timeout, so no substitutions should be made, right? Or because it's a dead ball, they can sub in?

The Bulls subbed in Snell and Mirotic for the last play of the game for defensive purposes

[Mass Debator]

It was legal. Subs can be made when a ball goes out of bounds.

[J Shuttlesworth]

It was legal. Subs can be made when a ball goes out of bounds.
Oh ok cool thx. I was thinking it was only during fouls and timeouts.

[Yoshi]

I didn't know this was even a question. We see subs like this countless times every game.

[buddha]

it was legal. what wasn't legal was Blatt calling a timeout. should have been a tech.

[chazzy]

how do you not know this

[bdreason]

I saw an illegal sub in the Hawks game the other day. A player (I think Mack) was subbed in, then subbed out for another player before play resumed.

[buddha]

I saw an illegal sub in the Hawks game the other day. A player (I think Mack) was subbed in, then subbed out for another player before play resumed.

Mack was never actually subbed in then

[bdreason]

Mack was never actually subbed in then

He went to the table, and subbed in the game for another player, who left the court. Then after Mack was on the court for maybe 30 seconds (during a dead-ball), he was then subbed off for a different player. I'm 99% sure you're not allowed to sub players like that. Not a big deal, just something I noticed.

[Lebron23]

It's perfectly legal.