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Originally Posted by jdw3018
Just to add to this: I watched a Sports Science episode where they timed hang-time for some high-flying NBA players.
None of them were in the air an entire second. Just over .9 was the best.
So, while it has nothing to do with what you can and can't do as an official in this situation, there is absolutely no way 1.2 seconds can come off the clock between the time the player gathers the ball in the air and returns to the ground...  |
But how much time can come off after the kid lands and the official recognizes that and then sounds the whistle, AND THEN the timer reacts to the sound and stops the clock?
I can see the game legitimately being over in this case.
A couple of other comments:
The only way that the clock can be returned to 1.2 seconds, even if an official observes it start early, is if the official sounds the whistle IMMEDIATELY before the throw-in is touched inbounds. Of course, this will prevent the defense from making the steal.
The only way that a fraction of a second can be returned to the clock is if an official looks at the clock and sees time remaining AFTER the whistle is sounded for either the granting of the time-out or the OOB violation. Otherwise the game is over.