[eroe39]

I let the play happen and then decide what to do with the clock after the play has ended. If you kill the play early then you can really cause problems and end up giving the offensive team another chance to win the game. For example:
1. Defense intercepts the pass.
2. Pass is poorly thrown and goes out of bounds untouched.
3. Pass is caught by offensive team and they shoot before the horn and miss.
4. Pass is tipped around and rolls around loose for over 2.2 seconds.
5. Pass is caught and shooter releases the ball before the horn and it goes in.
In all the above situations you can get away with this great and nobody says a word and the team that should win will win. For example in 3 and 4 you declare game over and in 5 you go into overtime and in 2 you reset clock to 2.2 and give defensive team the ball and in 1 you could handle it in multiple ways.
The only situation that can hurt you is if the offensive player catches it and the horn sounds before he releases the ball and it goes in. That is a lot of ifs to happen considering all the other options that could occur. And even if this one scenario does happen then you could get the coaches together and do a do over and neither coach could say much. Because the coach of the team that scored is just glad he is getting another chance even though his player did not release the ball before the horn and if he is mad it would be at the table and not at you. And the coach of the defensive team is glad that the clock screwed up and is happy that he hasn't already lost the game.
Of course, most people know about the 72 Olympics where because of a clock malfuntion the Soviets won the gold medal over the U.S. The situation was similar. They threw the ball in and it was intercepted but because of a clock malfunction they got another chance. They then threw the ball in and their player missed the shot but again because of a clock malfuntion they got another chance. They threw it in again and this time they scored so the wrong team won. I say do what is right and fair for the game and use common sense and don't give the offensive team multiple chances to win a game. ESPN would have a field day with this handling of a game in today's times.
In my opinion the situation is similar to how we handle shot clock mistakes. When the shot clock is erroneously reset or not reset then we just don't kill it immediately we use common sense to see if the defense is about to steal the ball or to see if the offensive team is about to drive or shoot. We use common sense and a lot of times we are able to get away with doing nothing and everything works out, let's do the same here and play the percentages, which are highly in our favor.