[DJ]

Back in the golden olden days the team that was behind had to force the action. If the team that was ahead had one person out past the 26ft line(or was it 28 ft?) the defense had to have one, if the team that was ahead had two people out then the defense had to have two, but if the team that was ahead had three out the defense only had to have two. You would count to five seconds and then give a visual signal and say to the team that was behind, "defense play ball" and if they didn't come out within a five second count give them a technical foul. This rule is probably what people may have been thinking about in your situation but it no longer applies. I actually had to assess a technical foul in a regional semi-final for this rule. The team had no idea what the warning was for and 5 seconds did not allow the coach enough time to communicate to his team in a gym that was off the decibel charts. The technical came at a critical time in the last minute of play and may have been a deciding factor in the game but that was the rule and we do what we are hired to do. 99% of the people at the game had no idea what the technical was all about.