Thread: RED LIGHT?
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Old Wed Jan 07, 2004, 02:31pm
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Originally posted by eyezen
I didn't see the play, but I would assume that since the discussion was whether the ball was released from the hand between the time the clock showed 0:00.0 and the red light came on that the red light indeed would of came on by the time the ball entered the basket, therefore the game would be over as there is no time left, wouldn't it?
eyezen,
The shot, while in the air after it has left the hand, gets a chance to count whether, or not, the horn goes off and/or the light comes on.
Yes, the officials were looking to make sure the shot was in the air and off the hand.
mick
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