text: how do nba protests work (contested ref decisions)? the recent incident with dallas protesting the results of game 5 has me wondering how nba protests work.  so mark cuban will send a formal protest to the commissioner, then what happens?  i've never really heard of a game's result being reversed, specially a playoff game (ok..then again, i don't watch so much basketball except during playoffs).   btw...i'm a heat fan, but i don't want them to win coz of some controversial ref decision. i want them to win right.  go dwyane wade! the 3rd son of jor-el!  oh yeah,    go shaq....the 2nd son of jor-el!   go heat!  go! protests in sports never work..the outcome of a game is never changed....