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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
My thoughts are that you are wrong and the fan is correct.
In situations with the clock running and five or less seconds left in the game, a throw-in plane violation or interfering with the ball following a goal should be ignored if its only purpose is to stop the clock. However, if the tactic in any way interferes with the thrower's efforts to make a throw-in, a technical foul for delay shall be called even though no previous warning had been issued. In this situation, if the official stopped the clock and issued a team warning, it would allow the team to benefit from the tactic.
You make a decision to either ignore the ball being batted or you whistle the T.
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Fair enough.....I might have committed myself in my opening remark but I did go on and offer some thoughts about it...I was not aware we could move straight to T in this situation, so I learned something tonight....
Having said that, I think I would have ignored the action knowing it was under 5 seconds and the team leading did not have to inbound the ball before the clock ran out...