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Originally Posted by mbcrowder
Again, I'm an official in other sports, but not basketball. I have to ask, though, how this is possible (assuming we're not in a running clock game).
Either the foul happened before the buzzer, thus leaving SOME time on the clock... or it didn't, thus there was no foul.
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In basketball, you're only allowed to put time back on the clock with definite knowledge. That includes either an official looking at the clock and seeing a specific time, or using an offiicial's count. We are not allowed to say, "Well, I know the whistle came before the horn, so let's put back up, say, .3 seconds." We have to see the .3 on the clock.
Another example would be ball is inbounded in the backcourt, A1 dribbles the ball towards the midcourt line, an official is visibly counting the 10 seconds, is up to 6, and notices the clock hasn't started. The official is allowed to blow the whistle, take 6 seconds off the clock, and put the ball back in play.