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Trust me - to my amasement this really happened last night! In my 20 years of amature and certified refereeing, I've never seen anything like this happen ever!!!! It's one for the books!!!
Here's the ending to the story......
After the floor officials pulled me out of the stands for my "official opionion" to take them off the hook, I backed off and told them to confir again with each other and the table. (Sooooooooo many mistakes happened in the last 15 seconds that were not called - the player left the bench area - no T. Illegal substitution - no T. Deceptive unsportsman like conduct - no T. Was the 3 point shooter legal or illegal? Did the basket count? Who won the game? I told them to review the last 15 seconds of play and talk about what just happened step by step. What was called / what wasn't called? What can be corrected / what can't be corrected? It's there game / their decision is final / they make the call!! I turned around and walked off the court and sat in my seat. No way was I going to interfere with the game! I was a spectator with no offical court duty. I gave them the tools - now use them!
I don't agree with it, but here's what happened. After about 2-3 minutes - (which seemed like hours), here's what the court officials decided.....
They couldn't correct the call that was missed when the player left the bench and court area - (no T was given).
They missed the player returning to the court on the inbounds play that shot the ball - illegal substitution /deceptive play or not - (no T was given).
They did decide that the player failed to report, entered the game illegally - thus the 3 point shot didn't count.
Time ran off the clock - game over!!! Team A wins 41-40.
What a night!!! Like I said , it's one for the books.
Here's my questions.... Should I have interfered and given my opinion to help the officials make their call?
Would you have allowed the shot to count?
Would you have assesed a T on the player who entered the game without reporting?
Would you have restored time back to the point of the three point shot?
Help me out here boy's!! It will be a long weekend!!!
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