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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Is it only happening in the last minute of the game, or is it only being noticed in the last few seconds because of the increased scrutiny?
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The exact same thing happened in one of the ESPN games last night, but in the first few seconds of the second half.
Basically, with 19:45 to go, team inbounds at their backcourt endline. The clock started and I saw the T with his hand on the belt pack, so I believe he started the clock correctly. The clock counted down to 19:44, then stopped.
About the time the team got to halfcourt, the L saw the stopped clock and whistled play dead. At around this same time, the clock actually started and ran for several seconds before someone got it stopped again.
The bottom line was that now the clock was about right, so they just inbounded the ball and everything worked fine from then on. But, there was definitely an odd pause of several seconds. I assumed that the clock had one of these mystery stops and someone noticed and got it restarted right about the time the L noticed and blew the play dead. At the beginning of the second half, it's not such a big deal, but the way it's been happening at the end of games is a real problem.
JT