Goofy situation

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Had a goofy situation tonight. In pre-game I ask the timer if he knows the new rules on first horn. He doesn't. We go over them. Then, in 4th quarter, I have a warning on blue for a boundary violation on the throw-in. As I'm going over to report it both teams run to benches for a TO. My partner starts to tell the timer to start the clock for a TO. I tell my partner to hold reporting the TO until I finish reporting the warning. I go back to spot of the ball. Partner calls out to me, "Who called the TO?" I walk over and said, "I didn't give anyone a TO. I had a bounday violation warning." Seems the timer and partner thought it was a TO. Partner goes to the teams and says, "Get back on the court, we don't have a TO." Girls trot back on to the court. Watched my body language... I really did... but had to think to myself, what in the world just happened? How can you get a warning and a TO mixed up? And how can you stop a TO once you've told them they have one?