Interpretation please...

[BryanV21]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I would assume that there are players on the FT lane just like any FT. So if players rush the court just after an FT with time on it, why would you not give a T for players rushing the court? They basically interrupted play at that time.

Peace

The OP says the clock read zeroes when the players rushed the court. They did not rush the court with time on the clock.

The way I see it the players rushed the court due to the timer's error of starting the clock and it hitting zeroes. I don't think it's their job to go "wait, the clock shouldn't have started, so we shouldn't rush the court to celebrate."

I'm going to handle it like hilltoppanther said he would, except for making sure the coaches understand the clock shouldn't have started when it did along with the clock operator.

BTW, I'm assuming there was .3 seconds on the clock after Team B made 1 of 2 FTs, but they didn't make a basket when they tried inbounding the ball and making a quick basket.