I think during live ball action we must grant the timeout. But here is a preventative officiating situation. We have all seen the play where team A player is falling out of bounds, and asks for a timeout to keep possession. But what if he steps out of bounds just before he calls the timeout. Are we going to give the ball to team B, and grant the timeout to team A. In this situation I am going to give the ball to team B, and ask the team A player if he still wants the timeout.
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