Restricted area after/During time-out?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

If I am understanding this situation correctly, yes there is an area that a players or teams must be during the timeout. But when players are ready to go, they can go anywhere on the court for the most part. It sounds like the timeout was over and the players were getting ready for the game to be restarted. If that is the case, then you do not have to stay in a certain area because the coach is talking to his or her player.

Once the second horn sounds, ending the timeout, all bets are off.

But if the second horn hasn't sounded, and one of the teams is on the court, ready to go early, that doesn't mean that that team's players can enter their opponent's time out area. That would be unsporting, and should receive an admonishment from the official, "Hey. Get out of there".