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Originally Posted by MJT
Here is the situation told to me by a friend of mine. With time running out in the first half player A1 heaves a ¾ court shot. Player B1 whacks A1 in the arm as he is launching his 2 handed heave. Time expires before the clock is stopped. Coach of B takes all his players to the locker room.
Is it fine for B to leave the court and go to the LR before the FT's are shot or do they need to stay on the floor until the FT's have been shot? There is no time left, so nothing will occur after the FT's but the half time will begin. If we have a T, do we have one, or one for each of the 5 players who left the floor?
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Until the free throws are completed the quarter isn't over.(The real significance of this is for throws to end the 4th quarter. To see if an extra period is needed) There really isn't a penalty, that I can find, that would allow you to penalize the coach or players for leaving the visual confines of the floor after expiration of the 2nd quarter.
In the past it used to be a player technical if a player left the floor for an unauthorized reason, that no longer is in the book. Its now just simply a violation during a live ball while the clock is running.
Now we penalize the player for failing to return to the playing court in a timely fashion after leaving the floor legally. I suppose an argument could be made that in your play they didn't leave legally but they didn't leave in the guise to be deceitful. No penalty!
Lets say for example the foul happened, whistle blew, no horn, triple zero's on the clock, coach goes to the locker room with his/her players. In this situation we are to shoot the free throws with the lane filled with @ least the low blocks filled by the defense. You could use the resumption of play here for the first and then if the coach/team still doesn't come out then give a team technical for the delay.
I think what your looking for if anything in this case is...the team causing a delay in the shooting of the free throws? No he isn't so its nothing.