Remaining players

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Rich

It would take a very specific situation where a team would be allowed to continue with one player.

The inbounder could throw it off an opponent -- that's about it.

Here's how I always envisioned it:
Team A (with one player remaining), up by 8-10 points with only a minute or two left in the game.
Team B with 2-3 players remaining, and no timeouts.

Team B shoots, scores. Team A player simply doesn't move to inbound the ball... let the official decide when the throw-in count starts, and whistle the 5-second violation accordingly. Best guess, Team A could run 7-9 seconds off the clock after every made basket by Team B. Assuming Team B takes 2 seconds to score after inbounding, Team A could run off 40ish seconds with 4 possessions, which might be enough to secure the win.

Once Team B takes the lead, of course, the game is over.