2 questions and rule

[Adam]

Originally posted by RookieDude

What if you know some time has run off...do you still go back and set it at the "last known time" knowing that is not, in fact, correct? What if the time was considerable?

Could the Referee "quess" some time off the clock with: backcourt counts, throw-in counts, closely quarded counts, etc?

RD

If, for the sake of argument, the clock has not run for a while. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you know you put the ball in play at 7:02. Play continues for some time before the scoreboard dies for some reason. You and your partner, being good refs, hadn't looked at the clock since you put the ball in play at 7:02.
All you know is that you had a backcourt count to 8, a couple of closely guarded counts to 4, and another backcourt count to 7. Obviously, this scenario would generally take about a minute to have that much action, but you only can definitevly account for 23 seconds. Take 23 seconds off of 7:02, set the clock to 6:39, and play on. If the only count you had during that time was a backcourt count to 4, then you can only take 4 seconds off and set the clock to 6:58.

Adam