NBA Sitch. 8 second count.

Snake~eyes

They use the shotclock or game clock. There is no vibrating pack.

zebraman

Jurassic Referee wrote
Let's see now. You take 18.5. You subtract 12.0. You get.....wait a second.....get out the calculator......that's not working.....better go find a 7-year old and ask him/her.....and the answer is......wait for it......6.5 seconds.

I'm just guessing but it's possible that might be the reason that there wasn't an 8-second violation called.

Are you a math major, by any chance?😃

Jurassic, you are a genius. There is no way you went to public schools! 🙂

JugglingReferee

Jurassic Referee wrote
Let's see now. You take 18.5. You subtract 12.0. You get.....wait a second.....get out the calculator......that's not working.....better go find a 7-year old and ask him/her.....and the answer is......wait for it......6.5 seconds.

I'm just guessing but it's possible that might be the reason that there wasn't an 8-second violation called.

Are you a math major, by any chance?😃

JR,

OP wasn't questioning why there wasn't a violation called. In fact, his first three paragraphs were extraneous information, but it does give us a mental image of his exact situation, and what actions caused him to wonder about the 8-second rule.

Your blue text answers a question that s/he did not ask!

Jurassic Referee

JugglingReferee wrote
JR,

OP wasn't questioning why there wasn't a violation called. In fact, his first three paragraphs were extraneous information, but it does give us a mental image of his exact situation, and what actions caused him to wonder about the 8-second rule.

Your blue text answers a question that s/he did not ask!

Cool. Then I'll change my answer to "who gives a sh1t?". It's the NBA. They use the same officiating philosophy as the WWE.

Mark Padgett

ca_rumperee wrote
Do the packs they wear buzz at 8 seconds?

No. At the 8 second mark, Stone Cold Steve Austin drops down from the ceiling and body slams the ball handler.

OK, I made that up, but it might happen in the near future the way the NBA is going. Or should we start calling it the NBE? 😉

ca_rumperee

Jurassic Referee wrote
Let's see now. You take 18.5. You subtract 12.0. You get.....wait a second.....get out the calculator......that's not working.....better go find a 7-year old and ask him/her.....and the answer is......wait for it......6.5 seconds.

I'm just guessing but it's possible that might be the reason that there wasn't an 8-second violation called.

Are you a math major, by any chance?😃

I knew they didn't get to the 8 second count. Again, thanks for that.
It was just a scenario where the team was working towards that, the pressure in the back court was mounting... but then the foul.
Caused me to wonder how the officials clocked the count.

But again, thanks for that.

ca_rumperee

Snake~eyes wrote
They use the shotclock or game clock. There is no vibrating pack.

... they would look for the game clock to hit 10.5. Seems tough on them to have that "decimal place" clock watching responsibility thrown in.

Kelvin green

It is tough.... but because NBA uses exact time if they hit 10.1 and that's where the clock stopped on the whistle, they would go back to 10.5...

Adam

Aren't we assuming team control started on the touch?

Back In The Saddle

Kelvin green wrote
It is tough.... but because NBA uses exact time if they hit 10.1 and that's where the clock stopped on the whistle, they would go back to 10.5...

Huh? Can you elaborate on this a bit?

Mark Dexter

Back In The Saddle wrote
Huh? Can you elaborate on this a bit?

NFHS - team A gains control in their backcourt with 20 seconds remaining in the period. When 8 seconds shows on the clock, you call a 10 second violation. In this situation, you don't reset the clock to 10 seconds.

NBA - same situation, but you call an 8 second violation when 10.0 shows on the clock. Here, you would reset the clock to 12.0.

JugglingReferee

Mark Dexter wrote
NFHS - team A gains control in their backcourt with 20 seconds remaining in the period. When 8 seconds shows on the clock, you call a 10 second violation. In this situation, you don't reset the clock to 10 seconds.

NBA - same situation, but you call an 8 second violation when 10.0 shows on the clock. Here, you would reset the clock to 12.0.

That's because in the NBA, 8 seconds means 8 seconds.

In our Fed games, 10 seconds means that the official incremented his count 10 times, which could be anywhere from 9s to 12s (in most cases).

Jurassic Referee

JugglingReferee wrote
That's because in the NBA, 8 seconds means 8 seconds.

Not quite true. If the dribbler was a member of the first or second all-star team, they get 10 seconds.

Mark Padgett

Jurassic Referee wrote
Not quite true. If the dribbler was a member of the first or second all-star team, they get 10 seconds.

You mean minutes, don't you? 😉