How would you rule on this?

[Hawks Coach]

Originally posted by stan-MI
Is this situation any different in theory than a trailing team attempting to stop the clock by intentionally violating the plane on a throw in following a made basket in the final seconds of a game?

Yes - the intentional violation of the plane results in a clock stoppage and changes the situation from OOB with clock running til expiration to OOB with clock stopped and time remaining. Now the team must inbound the ball - that is a huge difference.

The intentional lane violation does not change the situation as much, although it does force the shooting team to shoot again, hit the rim, yet miss the FT - not always easy to do! But it is not as significant a change as stopping a running clock.