I was faced with this situation here in THE Bahamas where we play FIBA rules. This is how we handled it ( I was the R). Since we really didn't know exactly how much time had elapsed we took it from the point were the ball would have been inbounded with what ever time was left on teh clock. Reasoning: We could not erase what the inbounding team had done. (WHAT HAS HAPPENED CAN'T BE TAKEN BACK...what it the team had inbounded, shot and scored and the clock STILL hadn't started? Do you take the goal BACK? CAN'T) We can't penalize for a clock-operator and officials mistake (in my situation I was not responsible for the clock or inbound at that point, there was a lot of rough play at centre court)). ANY HITS ON THIS REASONING???
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