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Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes
Let me tell you what I had Friday night.
End of the 2nd Quarter, Team A makes a shot with about 3 or 4 seconds left on the clock. B1 grabs the ball, moves toward the endline, and heaves the ball toward a teammate that is up near midcourt. B1 never got out of bounds. I am the covering official on the throw-in. As I go to blow my whistle, and before I can get air in my whistle, the horn goes off to end the half.
Coach of Team A is upset that we didn't call the throw-in violation, and I can understand why he wanted it, as it would have given his team one last possession before halftime, with the ball right under the basket. But the bottom line is, not having blown my whistle, or seeing the clock and knowing how much time could have been put back on the clock, there was nothing more to do. I told him this when I went to the table to get the ball before we started the 3rd Q, but he would have none of it. LAH ME!! They lost by 2 on a tip-in at the buzzer.
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I had a play tonight, where after a made basket by team A, player B1 took ball out of the basket, took a step toward endline, handed it back to B2 and then THEY take a step toward the line and hand it back to B3 who ultimately steps out-of-bounds and passes it in to B4. Each step along the way was a "no, let me take it out!"
My question is... how does the pass back to a teammate in the "no, let me take it" differ from an actual pass inbounds (or attempt to pass inbounds).
For example, player B1 (in my above scenario) takes it out of the basket, steps towards the out-of-bounds (which they actually did), and turns and passes the ball to B2 thinking they had stepped over the endline.
What quality of the plays makes one legal and the other a violation?