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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Mark,are you sure that the guys aren't giving you a double chop?First chop to start the game clock when the ball is first touched by,or touches,a player after the jump--and second chop to start the shot clock when the team first gains control?I can't believe that experienced guys(or gals)at this level don't know when to start the clock(s) properly.
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I'm pretty sure there's no double chop. (The tap and control are sometimes so close together that it would look really weird.)
The one solution I thought of is that they were just chopping in the shot clock - for some reason they think the shot clock timer is dumber than the main clock operator.
BTW, the same thing happened tonight on a missed FT (as well as the initial jump) . . .