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Originally Posted by BillyMac
There may be an exception involving the team having to play with less than five players with the substitute on the bench, i.e. one of the six eligible players getting injured after the first of two free throws, before the clock has started. I don't have I citation. I believe that I heard it here on the Forum. It may have been an annual interpretation.
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You remember correctly. A player who has been subbed out may, before the clock has properly started, return to the game in the event that something occurs to cause the team to have less then 5 players on the court (injury, illness, DQ, etc.) and there are no other subs available.