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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Green Team is trailing by four points in the fourth period when they score a three-point goal to cut the lead to one point. They are out of timeouts and have not been issued any of the five delay warnings during the game. As the ball passes through the net, there are less than five seconds remaining on the clock when Green #10 interferes with the ball ... slapping the ball three rows up into the bleachers in the corner? What is the correct ruling on this play?
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Two acceptable choices:
1) Ignore. The clock just winds downs and the game ends.
2) Player technical foul for preventing the ball from being made live promptly or from being put in play. White Team gets two free throws by their best free throw shooter and then gets the ball back forty-two feet away from Green's basket with four seconds left on the game clock.
Totally unacceptable:
3) Delay warning to Green team for in interfering with the ball. White gets the ball back with four seconds (run the endline) left on the game clock, a few feet away from Green's basket.