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Originally posted by Nevadaref
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Originally posted by djskinn
First half of a middle school boys game. Team A scores basket, B1 inbounds to B2 who immediately turns and scores on Team A's basket. I was the new lead and nearly at midcourt after the basket is made by B2. The table looks to me and I indicate the basket is good. Meanwhile, my partner is holding the ball out of bounds and hands it to A1 (wrong team) who immediately in-bounds the ball and A2 scores.
CB 5.2.3 verifies the first basket by B1 counts, but the case also states the ball is "bounced" back to a player of Team B. Does "bounced" mean we should have had a blown whistle and stopped play? We did not.
Since my partner "handed" the ball to Team A whom then preceded to immediately score, does this basket count? I was the referee and counted the basket thinking the situation was similar to giving the ball to the wrong team after an AP, and once the ball becomes live, you live with the mistake.
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I only learned this recently, but, yes, you are supposed to blow the whistle and stop the game when a player is confused and scores in the wrong basket. This is detailed on page 23 of the Simplified and Illustrated book. The text below the pictures is "Number 4 is confused and dunks the ball in B's basket. The covering official stops play after the dunk and credits the two points to Team B. Team A will then be given the ball for a throw-in from anywhere outside the end line."
There is also a picture of a whistle sounding in the upper right hand corner of the diagram.
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Thanks for the reference (Simplified and Illustrated, 4-5-2, pg. 23). I surveyed several veteran officials and every single one said not to blow the whistle and continue playing based on this particular situation. Now I know the correct call to make. I had never had this situation happen to me and hate to think what if this had been a Varsity game? Thanks.