Odd Play
 

Team B scored a field goal. Team A inbounds the ball. Team B is screaming for a time out but it's not granted. Team A throws the ball to the official. Who's inbounds. They catch the ball and call a ref meeting. What's the next step?

The official is part of the floor. A ball that touches an official inbounds remains live.

If Team B requested the timeout after the ball was already at A's disposal following the made goal, it was correctly not granted.

If the official stopped play after catching the ball while inbounds, the game would be resumed at the point of interruption. Since Team A still had team control, that means a throw-in for Team A at the nearest out of bounds spot.
While the ball is dead, the officials might as well ask Team B if they still want the time-out, which could now be granted before resuming play.

Wouldn't the POI be the original throw-in (since it never ended)?

POI would be Team A's throw-in, which had not yet ended, not team control by Team A.

I read the OP’s statement “Team A inbounds the ball” as the throw-in being completed. I understand how you could interpret it as the throw-in was still in progress, but if that were the case then better wording would have been, “Team A is inbounding the ball.”

We will have to let him clarify.

Agree.

Sounds like A1 threw it into A2, hearing the TO, was confused and threw the ball to the ref who caught the ball.

That's the way I understood the play as well.

Great Kazoo, we need you to please clarify your play. Did the player throwing in the ball throw it to the official, or did a player inbounds throw the ball to the official?

Not really, imo, because both possibilities have been answered..

*IF* the ball was inbounded and then thrown to the official --POI is where the official caught the ball.

*IF* the inbounder threw the ball to the official -- POI is the original throw-in.

And either way, team A gets the ball and, in all likelihood, it is on the endline if the ball was thrown to the old lead (new trail).

Would you grant the TO in both?

Team B could re-request the time out at that point.

One difference would be that in one case, I'd think running the endline would be allowed whereas the other would be a "spot."

Funny ...
 

I'm pretty sure that this humor was lost for many Forum members. One has to be of a certain age to appreciate this.

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