3 second interpretation

[BillyMac]

Last week, I had a parent concerned about the opposing team's very tall and talented center hanging out in the lane too long, with occasional shouts of "three seconds" from the stands. At one point she decided to help me by counting, however it was during a throwin and she started counting when the ball was put at the disposal of the inbounder by my partner, the lead. "One. Two. Three. Four". After the throwin was swatted back out of bounds, as the trail, standing right in front of her, I turned to her and said, "Ma'am, there is no three second count during the throwin". Startled, she replied, "Oh? Sorry", and was quiet the rest of the game.