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Originally Posted by BillyMac
I just realized that the shot clock would be turned off.
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Better extreme example.
State high school championship final game. Thirty-five second shot clock used. Per NFHS rules, officials use the shot clock to administer the 10-second backcourt count. Team B 65, Team A 64. Fourth period. Thirty-six seconds left in game. Both teams come out of a timeout after made basket. Thirty-five seconds on shot clock. Team A, with no timeouts remaining, inbounds in their backcourt. Inbounder A1 passes to A2, in the backcourt, who muffs (shot clock legally starts on inbounds touch) the ball away, but eventually, after two seconds pass (with deflections but no control by either team), secures control of the ball by holding it (game clock legally starts on inbounds possession) and then begins to dribble. Facing strong defensive pressure in his backcourt, A2 is still in his backcourt when the shot clock is at 25 seconds and the trail official calls (only based on the shot clock) a ten second violation on Team A. Team A head coach politely argues that Team A only had "control" of the ball for eight seconds (game clock now at 28 seconds) in the backcourt, quoting 9-8 and 4-2, and should not have had the ten second violation called.
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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
I agree that if the shot clock is more widely used, the rules should be clarified
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Agree. Hopefully, like Raymond, I'll be retired by then.