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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
What timing error?
In this play, the timer stopped the clock properly as soon as he recognized the foul call. While stopping the clock, time ran out and the horn ended the period. There's no timing error to correct.
If you blow your whistle for a second, do you think that you should put a second back on the clock to account for the time between the beginning and end of your whistle blow? Don't think so. It's not practical.
You fix errors. This isn't an error.
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So how much time are you allowing him to stop the clock before you consider it an error?
If I blow the whistle, see 1 second on the clock, and he allows the time to expire and the horn to sound, I can certainly count the basket, and put one second back on the clock.
5-10-1
The referee may correct an obvious mistake by the timer to start or stop the clock properly only when he/she has definite information relative to the time involved. The exact time observed by the official may be placed on the clock.
There is no more lag time or reaction time. That's over, gone, history. He no longer gets 1 second to stop the clock.