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Originally Posted by rulesmaven
Second, and more important, what Bilas said was something like, "when the clock gets to 25 it's clear that it's a 10 second violation." Actually, isn't that wrong? I assume the shot clock works like the game clock, so that when it scrolls from 26 to 25, really only 9 seconds have elapsed. It's not until the instant that it changes from 25 to 24 that 10 seconds have elapsed.
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No, that's not true. Using that philosophy, there would still be 1 second remaining on the clock after it hits 0.
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10 seconds has expired when the clock hits 25.
35 - 10 = 25
I hope that clears it up for you.