End of quarter - "All related activity"

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

The related activity is reporting the foul. Since related activity for period 2 had not yet ended, intermission had not started, and the player who mouthed off is still a player. The technical foul and free throws are shot as part of the 3rd period, and Team B gets possession regardless of the arrow. The arrow is used for the next AP throw-in.

First, you have mixed your decision and its consequences. If you consider period 2 to not yet have ended, then the technical foul is part of that period and the penalty is administered during that quarter, not the next one, which would start normally with the AP arrow.

Secondly, I believe that the phrase “all related activity” applies to game action of the players, not anything that the officials or scorer/timer must do.

Consider a try released near the period sounding horn which enters the basket after the horn sounds. Is the official’s decision to count the goal part of that quarter? Perhaps this takes a moment or some discussion. What about the scorer needing to then record the points in the book? Or the clock/scoreboard operator putting the points on the board?

How would you handle an unsporting comment made by a team member or coach while the officials are discussing the try or the table crew has yet to record the result of it?