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This all brings to mind a question I've long wondered about, which is, "When is a time-out officially granted?" Here's what I mean.
A1 dribbles into a trap (okay, she's not very smart). She's getting close to a 5-second violation. Coach A requests a time-out. Ref glances at Coach A, sees that it is in fact the coach, and then blows the whistle. In the time it takes for the coach to get the refs attention and for the ref to blow the whistle, B1 gets her hands on the ball. At what point in the process of request, glance, whistle is the TO considered to have been granted so that the held ball might not be called?
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