End of game

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by DFM7

So if you did not have definite knowledge of elapsed time what would you do?

By the book, you would stop the game and make sure the timer starts it correctly the next time. You would resume play by putting the ball in play at the spot nearest to where it was when you blew the whistle, with no change to the clock.

In real life, you take your best, careful guess. Stop the game, take a couple seconds off the clock and put the ball in play at the closest spot to where it was when you blew the whistle.

If the ball is in the frontcourt when I spot the error, I would take 3 or 4 seconds off the clock, depending on the how fast the ballhandler brought it up. If the ball is still in the backcourt, I would take 2 seconds off the clock.

It's not by the book, but that's what I would do. I don't think you can say, "Sorry the clock guy messed up and gave the offense a few extra seconds; but I'm not going to do anything about it."