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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
In both cases, if the official stopped his 10-second count before the ball went out-of-bounds, then he can't add any time back on the clock. You have to know exactly how much time to put back on. Iow, you have to also know exactly how much time elapsed from the end of the back-court count until the time that ball went OOB, as well as the actual time consumed by the back-court count before that.
We can use the actual backcourt count to adjust the clock. We can't use the backcourt count plus any additional time. We don't know exactly what the "additional time" is.
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I'm not going to argue about the rule, JR, because I know you're right. But I do have a question. Why wouldn't it be okay, in this case to run off 8 seconds? The ref does have definite knowledge about that amount even there it's not the total amount. Why doesn't the rule allow that?
Also, if the ref had glanced up, seen that the clock didn't start, and then kept counting even though the ball was in the front court, could that count be used?
Also, if the ref glanced up, saw that the clock didn't start, and then whistled the ball dead as soon as it gained front court status, well, wouldn't that be the best outcome?