[1rudeboy]

I have seen many instances in sports both amateur and professional where clearly a wrong was righted by the player/team who benefited.

Name a couple. Please stick to the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB playoffs.

[Beatthedrum]

I actually found a recent soccer example. I could dig a bit further and might find a few examples in the major professional sports you listed.. I was thinking more of tennis where I have seen players give away a point after a bad call..This soccer incident happened in 2007

“Leicester v Nottingham Forest Carling Cup

Leicester were playing Nottingham Forest in the Carling Cup Second Round and were losing 1-0 at half time. During the interval, Leicester defender Clive Clarke collapsed in the dressing-room. Fearing that his life was in danger, the game was abandoned and the decision made to replay it three weeks later. At the kick-off of the replay the entire Leicester team stood to one side to allow Forest keeper Paul Smith to dribble the pitch and restore the lead that they had had in the previous game. Leicester did however go on the win the game.”

This is almost exactly what I am talking about. Leicaster knew when the game was replayed, the score should be 1-0 Nottingham, so they made it 1-0. Germany just as easily could have made it 2-2. And the Carling Cup, which I assume is a championship, was at stake.