The timer is supposed to notify the referee when there is a little more than 3 minutes left in a half. Then the referee is supposed to notify the teams, or have somebody notify the teams for him, at least 3 minutes before the half ends. If a team does not come out on the court in a timely fashion to start the second half, it is a team technical foul for delay; you don't use the resuming play procedure unless both teams are back on the court but one or both teams aren't then responding to your signals.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Dec 20th, 2004 at 10:34 AM]
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