[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Here is an observation that I would like to put before the group.

We all know that the rules state that if a foul occurs so near the end of the game that the game clock goes to all zeroes and the horn sounds with the officials' whistle, the free throws are shot only if they will have an impact on the outcome of the game. Now onto the observation which may or may not be trivial.

PLAY: Team A is leading 55-54. Team A is in the double bonus. B1 commits a common foul against A1. The horn sounds simultanesously with the T/R's whistle for B1's foul. Since A1's free throws will not alter the outcome of the game. The officials start to leave the confines of the court. As the officials are leaving the court, HC-A places himself in front of the R and starts to complain that B1's foul should have been an intentional personal foul and uses obscene language while addressing the R. R charges HC-A with a flagrant technical foul.

OBSERVATION: Boy did HC-A screw up the game for everybody. A1 had better make both ends of his double bonus free throws, because if he doesn't, depending upon the free throw shooting ability of one of Team B's players, Team B could be the winner of the game after it shoots its free throws or the game could be going to OT.

MTD, Sr.