State Semis

[Hawks Coach]

It's simple. Pass, horn, whistle, shot. Ball was blown dead before shot.

This also goes back to the old question of you make the ball ready for a throw in, the ball is thrown, you see the clock hasn't started but A has an advantage (especially off a tricky inbounds play), do you or don't you blow the whistle right away? What would you do here, with A going in for uncontested lay-up, and you knew in advance that it was likely to happen.

The interesting thing is that the coach took care to let the refs know what he was going to do. But he said nothing to the table (like get the clock ready quick cause we are coming quick on the inbound), even though I think that the table staff are neutral at the state finals tournament. He then got his players on the court early (maybe even before clock ran out - not sure) so that the alignment would have it's desired effect (tricking B as they left the huddle). That last act hastened B's return to the court and the subsequent lack of readiness of the clock.