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The officials cannot force a team to take a TO, they can only grant the request for a TO if it is appropriate.
1. when a player of the team requesting a TO has control
or the ball is at the disposal of a player on that team
2. during a dead ball.
in your play the request for TO could have been granted
due to the ball being dead, the player was trying to make a heads up play but didn't quite make it. The ball was dead
so before granting the TO the official needs to make sure they still want the TO(they may not). This is not like the case of a team requesting a TO during a live ball(theirs) or after a made basket when requesting and granting a TO would stop play.
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