New and Different Clock Question

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Originally posted by rainmaker
This sitch came up in my head just now as I was reading another thread about the clock not starting. It's a different situation, so I started a different thread. Don't want to get confused. Or at least not any more confused than I am already.

Suppose there are 3 seconds on the clock, tie game, ball is being inbounded by Team A under their own basket. Lead chops in the clock as the ball is touched in bounds, Trail picks up a count and after about two seconds, looks at the clock, and sees that it hasn't started. Should he....

1) stop the game, re-set the clock, and re-start?

2) try to get the clock going without stopping the game?

3) let the game go on, and stop it when time is up according to his count?

4) some other alternative I haven't thought of?

1) NO
2) NO
3) NO
4) YES. Stop play. You have definite knowledge of two seconds that should have come off the clock. Put :01 on the clock and inbound. Depending on how soon the closely guarded count started, you could make a case that the quarter actually expired. OT baby!