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Originally Posted by JerryLundagard
Don’t have my rule or case book here at work so I am looking for something to support how the below situation should be administered that occurred in a game last night( boys varsity).
Team A is up by 1 and in control of the ball, with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. A whistle sounds from the stands with 2.1 seconds left on the clock. Clock stops and Team A player with the ball stops playing. Player from Team B takes the ball from him and dribbles length of the court and lays the ball in. Clock is still stopped with 2.1 seconds.
Officials conference and then decide to allow the basket to count and award the ball to Team A on the endline for a throw in after the made basket. I did not speak to the officials so I don't know the thought process for arriving at the ruling.
Is there a rule interpretation or case book ruling to administer this?
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I believe that I am going to stop play using rule 5.8.2.d Time-out occurs and the clock, if running, shall be stopped when an official stops play "For any other situations or any emergency." I believe that I would resume play at the POI with a throw-in at the nearest spot to Team A with 2.1 seconds on the clock AFTER one spectator is removed.
In the event that the officials do not stop play (which, I believe they certainly could have and should have using 5.8.2.d), there should have been some level of clock awareness by the officials. When the ball was stolen, the new trail should have begun a count (perhaps even noticing the clock). With definitive knowledge, they could have sounded their own whistle indicating that the clock should have expired.