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Do we always have to give a warning before a technical foul for delay of game?
Team A is out of timeouts and is down by 4 points in the closing seconds of the game. During a dead ball, I hear Coach A telling his players to bat the ball away after a made basket -- they did not have a warning yet for delay.
What's the call if they follow the coaches orders? The coach is manipulating the rules in order to stop the clock without a timeout. Fortunately, Team A never made a basket so we didn't have to do anything. I was inclined to ignore the bat and just let the clock run, but my partner said he would have given the warning. I seem to vaguely remember thinking that we could actually issue a technical foul if we had wanted... again, IF Team A had scored and carried out the plan.
What do you think?
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