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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
But the whistle for the fouls DOES cause the clock to stop. So the shot clock should not sound. There should be no violation.
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And that is what makes this play difficult. We don't know if there was a timing error or not as we aren't told when the official sounded the whistle for the double personal foul. We only know that the DPF happened prior to the shot clock horn sounding.
Now near the expiration of time at the end of a half the monitor can be consulted, if there is one, and the time at the point of the contact for the double foul would be restored. That may well eliminate a shot clock violation. I'm not thrilled with the rules generating two different answers for the same play depending upon the point in the contest when it occurs.