Home Timer Should Be Fired

[Blind & lovin' it]

Originally posted by Chess Ref
BJV game. I am watching. Tie score54-54. . 3.1 seconds on clock. Visitors have throw-in from lane extended under their own basket. Visitor throws alley-oop in the lane , kid misses, pinball on the rebound, ends up in Visitors hands at 3 point arc. Kid shoots, rims to the right, visitors with back to basket taps it in from about 4 feet away. Still no horn, home gathers ball then horn goes off.

I know they could have corrected this mistake on the timers part but what could have the officials done to be sure of time ? They had problems with timer all night.

I am thinking along the lines of silently counting to one's self and then just blowing the whistle. Not much complaing from the home team cause it was their timer.

What say you ?

I don't have a rule book reference for you - but several more experianced than me have told me that under 5 seconds (or so) keep a running tally in your head - if you get a couple seconds over you can glance up at the clock/blow your whistle/ whatever need be. We get this all the time in AAU games and we've been told to call the game (quarter, half, whatever) or reset the clock to what we feel is correct.