Regardless of the "letter of the law", 17 seconds left in a 43-42 game is NOT the time to "prove a point", unless the assistant is way over the top. Problem with that is, if you have let him get away with the behavior for the previous 31 minutes and change, you've "made your bed" and have to lay there.
I agree with Juulie, that this is probably more a case of inexperienced officials, than anything else.
A good learning experience however, by ALL parties invovled.
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