Here is a scenario that recently occurred: Team A up by 2 with 45 seconds remaining in the game. Ball goes OOB. Scorer sounds the horn and tells official that he accidently let 4 seconds run off of the clock, and that there should be 49 seconds left. All 3 officials huddle, but none saw the excess time run off of the clock (yes, I know, inexcusable). The R makes the decision that since the clock operator is a part of his crew, he can use this info to put the time back on the clock, which he does. Naturally, Team B makes the winning basket with less than 4 seconds remaining, and of course, Team A coach goes bonkers.
When I was asked about this, my first instinct was tht you could use the score keepers info in this case (part of the crew)....But I reconsidered when the "home cooking" thought came to mind.
The rule book says that the referee must have "definite information" in order to put time back on the clock. How would you define "definite information" in this case??? Would you use the score keepers information as "definite" or would you assume that this info must come from one of the 3 officials?
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