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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
If an official sees a time on the clock, that time can be put back....even if it is just 0.3....and even if it is reaction time. The time it takes for the official to see the clock is the reaction time the timer is allowed.
In this case, the official should have looked at the clock to have something to put back. If the foul & whistle happened before the horn, the clock should have stopped. The shot "should" count and time "should" be put back...but the only way to do within the rules that is to look at the clock and see it before it gets to 0 or to have some mental count of the time.
And unless you're standing at the opposite side of the parking lot, the speed of sound isn't going to matter.
Also, nothing in the rules says the definite knowledge has to have any sort of accuracy.
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How can you say that time should be put back on the clock and that the basket should count. The ball was not released until after time expired. The player was in the act of shooting before time expired. So now we should not care the location and status of the ball when the time expires. Lets just shoot the ball (which is still in contact with the shooter) when time expires, heck, whey don't we shoot minutes after the time has expired?
In all seriousness, I know that this is a case book play but I just cannot seem to find it right now. I will continue looking.