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Originally Posted by Blue37
Rich,
I do not officiate basketball, but do read a lot of the posts. I thought I had read that, if the ball was put into play with six players on the floor, the whistle was sounded and the player was removed with no penalty as the official had failed to count.
I even saw this last night at my son's game. Near the end of a fairly close game, we had a sub at the table. The ball went out-of-bounds under the basket and the old trail/new lead beckoned the sub into the game. There was some confusion between our players as to who was to go out and no one left. The coach was talking to an assistant and did not realize no one had come off. The new trail put the ball into play and as the ball was coming up the court, the new lead realized no one had left. He blew the whistle, had the player leave, and resumed the game with a throw-in. The visiting coach questioned him and I could hear the explanation that it was an official's error for not counting. The coach accepted the explaination and the game continued without any problems.
So there should have been a technical even though the officials messed up?
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You heard wrong. Having only 5 players on the court is not the officials' responsibility, it is the team's. However, officials do their best to make sure both teams have 5 on the court before putting the ball in play, but sometimes it doesn't happen. In that situation a technical is the appropriate call.