Only in Middle School

[Nevadaref]

Let's see dumba$$ partner gives the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in. Dumba$$ me doesn't notice until it has been touched inbounds. Tweet, now the game is stopped.
Pain the a$$ coach knows the rule and insists that his team still keeps possession even though the officials hosed the opponent.
Here's a tempting solution.
Ref: You're right, coach. We messed up, but it's too late to fix it. It's still your ball.
Put ball in going the same way. Team crosses halfcourt. A couple of seconds later...
Ref: Tweet. Three seconds.
Coach: Ah, come on, what is that? He was barely even in there.
Ref: Yeah, coach, you have a point. Perhaps we can both stop being so picky about the rules for the rest of this game.