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Originally posted by Dennis Nicely on 12-09-1999 07:38 AM
I need a little reassurance. In a game I worked last night I called an out of bounds in favor of Team A. Player B1 stepped up for throw in and I handed the ball to B1 (must have fallen asleep). B1 threw in to B2 and Team B made bucket. At next dead ball A coach protested. I acknowledged mistake and conferred with Referee who said take points from Team B and give ball to Team A for throw in again. When I got home I checked rules and this kind of error is not mentioned as correctible. Am I missing something?
Dennis, I'm not sure if you got my first message, I don't see it posted. But what you did was correct according to the rules. erroneously counting a score is included in correctable errors. Your score was erroneously counted because B should not have had the ball. Therefore, remove the points from the scoreboard and play resumes from the point at which it was interuppted. In your case, possession to A, which is what you did.