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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by SteveF
I would take into consideration the time of game. If it is the end of the game and one team is decidedly ahead or in the middle of the game I leave it as just timers reaction time. If it is a two point game and down to the final seconds I would go with what I saw on the clock and have the time added back.
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The higher up I hear advice from, the more I hear 'correct every timing mistake - no matter when it happens, no matter how small.' While a blowout with 0.4 seconds left can be left uncorrected, a timing mistake in the middle of a game often can affect the game.
Of course, each team can adjust to the 1-2 fewer seconds, but you still see shot clocks in NCAA being adjusted (often incorrectly, in my opinion) up or down one second when the clock is in the 33-35 range - still plenty of time for the team to adjust to having less than 35.
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Don't get me wrong if more than a couple of seconds are run off the clock in error and I know the proper time to adjust I would also put it back. Just don't think the 2 or 3 seconds hurt early in the game and might just be the timekeepers reaction time. They are probably starting the clock late sometimes and it will work itself out. But at the end of the game there is no time for it to work itself out IMHO.