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Old Tue Dec 14, 2004, 11:01am
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Originally posted by scyguy
this leads me to a dumb question--every time a goal is scored the ball is dead. However, my confusion is the relationship between a running clock and a dead ball. The clock can be running but we can have a dead ball, correct? Must be because every basket that is made, we maintain a running clock unless we have a timeout, foul, etc.
Live / Dead ball and Stopped / Running clock are two different things.

You can have a live ball with a stopped clock, a live ball with a running clock, a dead ball with a stopped clock and a dead ball with a running clock.

The coach needed to get the official's attention (perhaps by visiting the scorer's table) before the ball became live after B's basket.

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