If they asked for a timeout if the free throw was successful, then if the free throw is successful I grant the timeout. Why wouldn't you?
It's typically the team shooting the free throw that makes this request. The idea is to get the timeout before the other team can grab the ball after the made shot and start the throw-in - when it would be too late for the shooting team to call the timeout. It saves me a lot of trouble in looking from the coach to the kid taking the ball out - I don't have to deal with the timing. If they want a timeout and tell me beforehand, then all the better for me.
[Edited by Smitty on Oct 18th, 2005 at 02:09 PM]
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