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Originally posted by Ref in PA
Should I have blown my whistle and granted what seemed to be an obvious (in retrospect) time out request - lying, saying a saw the request? That would have bailed out my partner, but I did not think quick enough to do that. Now I am second guessing if I should have done that. What do you think?
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No need to lie about anything. Don't say that you heard/saw something that you didn't. You can however think that something odd is happening and stop the game.
In this specific situation, you could well blow your whistle just before B1 grabs the ball and say, "Hey, partner, what the heck is going on?" because people are ceasing to play and leaving the court.
You now have an inadvertant whistle with Team A in control, so they get the ball for a throw-in due to the POI rule and you can easily take the time to confirm with Coach A that he wanted a time-out, and then grant it. All perfectly according to the rules with a little quick thinking.
PS Yes, A1 was silly for dropping the ball without hearing a whistle.