Warriors receive an extra point after a score correction

How good is the Golden State Warriors offense this season? They picked up a point on Thursday without stepping onto the pitch.

On Thursday, the NBA announced that there was a scoring error in Wednesday's opening win over the Portland Trail Blazers. When De'Anthony Melton went to the foul line with two minutes left in the third quarter and made two free throws, he was incorrectly credited with two missed throws. Now the NBA changed the final score from 139-104 to 140-104 and Melton was credited with 11 points instead of 10.

While this seems like a very basic, avoidable counting error, the circumstances surrounding the trip to the line were unusual. After Melton missed his second free throw, Kyle Anderson parried the miss and then parried the ensuing miss from Brandin Podziemski the hard way for a three-point play.

It's not clear whether Melton or anyone on the Warriors noticed the scoring error, as it occurred during one 21-4 22-4 run (the NBA has issued an official correction to this post), and with such an avalanche of scoring, a single point can easily be lost. Melton certainly acted like he was fired up by the officials' perceived disrespect by stealing a pass and using it for a dunk on the next possession. Two possessions later, Anderson stole the ball from Scoot Henderson and Melton dunked again.

That gave Melton 11 points in the game on 4-for-11 shooting, with three steals and four assists. Perhaps this will light a fire under Jonathan Kuminga, who was previously tied with Melton on 10 points. We'll go out on a limb and say that Kuminga will likely soon overtake Melton's total, with or without a stat correction.

But the best correction to Melton comes from his status for Friday's game against the Utah Jazz. He was listed on the injury report with a chest contusion, but like teammates Steph Curry and Draymond Green, who were also injured, he is expected to play. And this time all his free throws count!