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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
No. He (or the R) has to find out if it started properly and if it ended properly and adjust accordingly.
Someone should have been in a position to verify it started properly.
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It is not possible to verify that it started correctly on a clock that doesn't display tenths in this situation. A whole 0.9 seconds can elapse without the number on the board changing. If the play took less time than that, a reasonable assumption in this situation, there is no way to verify the clock starting.
Beyond which, we have no authority to deal with a clock not started properly if we do not have definate knowledge of the time that should have elapsed. Short of counting seconds, what are you using to measure the time that should have elapsed? You don't have a count going in this situation - the throw-in count has ended and no backcourt count has begun.
The only definate knowledge in this situation is what was on the clock when the whistle was blown.