Hasn't happened to me in basketball (yet) but I have had it happen in flag football. Our back judge keeps the official clock, and once at R, a few guys from one team came up to me shouting "Time, time!!" I stop the clock - assuming they wanted a timeout because I didn't know exactly how much was left on the clock.
In this situation, no harm done. The ball was dead and the clock was stopped, so just get going as soon as possible. What I'm interested in is everyone's feelings when (if) this happens during a live ball, running clock situation.
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