Went to nations largest holiday tournament this last week. Interesting, and I believe excellent, refereeing at end of girls' championship. 2.2 seconds left, Team A up 1 and at line for 1-1. Team B lets ref know they want immediate timeout on a miss. A misses front-end, B rebounds and gets immediate TO. 1.4 seconds now show. B is screaming for more time, ref lets stand - reaction time, right? Then ball is inbounded, player dribbles around defender, whistle blows, shot is released, horn sounds. Ref signals no shot, he had clock, game over. (shot missed anyway, but B is now really happy feeling that they weren't given legit chance). I originally thought this too was great reffing, as the ref should be keeping clock in his head at end of game. But I have never seen a game end like this, it all happened very fast and I was left wondering if a ref should be trying to count 1.4 seconds. Thoughts.
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