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I'd like some feedback on how to handle an excess timeout situation ... Team A called their final timeout with about a minute left in the game (HSV). I knew it was the final TO, but could not get the head coach's attention, so I let the assistant know it was their final one.
Close ballgame ... Team A scores to cut Team B's lead to 3 points with about 30 seconds left. I am old L on Team A's bench side. Before Team B gets the ball for the inbound play, Team A's head coach (and the rest of the bench) is hollering for a timeout. I try to tell the coach that they do not have one left ... in the meantime, my partner grants the timeout request from new L. We met briefly and his logic was we would get in more trouble by "ignoring" their request.
So we allow the timeout, charge the technical, Team B makes the two free throws and goes up by 5 then gets the ball back, game-set-match. Team A (visitors) coach jumps in the face of their own scorekeeper for not letting him know they were out of TO's.
We did not have much time to discuss it because we only had the short interval between the made basket and Team B inbounding the ball, so I could not "make sure" Team A wanted the excess TO. In that situation, I doubt they would have wanted one.
My question is how far do you go trying to not hear a coach/player calling an excessive timeout?
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