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Originally Posted by Rich
He didn't even catch the ball until there's 0.7 seconds left. The coach does immediately call time -- on first watching I had 0.5 seconds as an estimate and I'm happy with that -- still enough time for the winning play. But 1 second was too much.
They should use a monitor in that situation everywhere if it's available.
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Originally Posted by BatteryPowered
Well, since the release at the end was at 0.7 (meaning 0.3 ran off) then it is a moot point  |
Agree.
The player first made contact with the ball at 1.0. Control, for all practical purposes, doesn't begin until some point after that. The coach signaled timeout at 0.6. The player turned towards an official at that same time....presumably saying timeout while doing so. At most, I've got 0.6 on the clock given that it takes some amount of time to control the ball before a timeout can be granted.
But, we have video to review it, they didn't. Still, I don't think I could have come up with 1.0 if I were there.
But, as also noted, 0.6 would have still been enough for that shot to have counted.