Time out/Jump ball

lukealex · #1 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 04, 2006, 04:07pm

Game last night, team A has control, ball bouncing around, ball gets tied up. R calls jump ball EXACT same time request for TO is granted to team A. T blows whistle EXACT same time as U. We went with the TO.

Any advice for this situation?

Jurassic Referee · #2 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 04, 2006, 04:21pm

You have to get together and decide what happened first. The rules do not provide for a simultaneous whistle in this particular case.

Whoever granted the TO on a loose ball was wrong to do so, of course, but that doesn't change the call if you go with the granted TO happening first. Call it an inadvertant whistle during a loose ball while A had team control, grant the TO, and then after the TO give team A a spot throw-in at the closest spot to where the ball was when the whistle blew.

Ref Daddy · #3 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 04, 2006, 04:44pm

These are tough calls. I've got some right and some wrong.

These are two opposing forces: the desire for the coach to call a TO immediatly to protect a possession under duress, and the rules demand that the referee 1) confirm possession and 2) validate the coach calling timeout.

Best solution is to anticipate the TO request coming based on the situation on the court.

rainmaker · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Jan 04, 2006, 06:47pm

It would be the easiest to say the "held ball" call was first, and does the coach still want the TO? If not, play on. If so, take the TO and then play on!

IREFU2 · #5 (**permalink**) Thu Jan 05, 2006, 12:20am

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Originally posted by lukealex
Game last night, team A has control, ball bouncing around, ball gets tied up. R calls jump ball EXACT same time request for TO is granted to team A. T blows whistle EXACT same time as U. We went with the TO.

Any advice for this situation?

No team control during a jump ball????? So no time out. Call the jump ball.