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Originally Posted by Jay R
Ben, I watched an NBA Dev game the other night on TV. Did you pay those announcers to say your name?  It seemed that you were mentioned a few times. Good job.
Here's a question for you. I can see the logic in the NBA rule about putting back time after 24 second violation, however are you going to that every time. Are you going to add one second on the clock in the 1st quarter of the game? Or is this just used late in games where timing issues become more important? |
Thanks for the compliment Jay R. Yeah when you've been in the league 3 years like I have and work a lot more games then say a 1st year, the announcers see you more and they also make a conscious effort to know your name. They are homers for the most part but also for the most part they are professionals.
To answer your question, yes we readjust the clock one second if it is obvious and to use an example of what I do: If I saw the possession begin right at 2:58 then I consider it 2:57, bc I don't know how much time was left on that 2:58 so 2:57 is close and gives the shot clock operator a little lag time. So if we have a shot clock violation and the clock reads 2:32, then I know they were off by at least 1 second and put it back up. In our game it isnt a big deal either, bc before the game at the 10 min mark before every game we go over to the table to make sure the clock operator is able to put up tenths of seconds and fix the clock with ease, so when we do hold up the game for it then it takes 2 seconds instead of like 2 min. like in some small college games I've worked where it takes the clock operator forever. Also, some scorers tables are so good that the play-by-play people work in tandem with the clock operator so if they know they ran 1 second over the time, they put the time back up without ever stopping the game. Some are just that good.