Teams pointed the wrong way.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by ctpfive
What if the coach who is trying to fool the other team asked you not to tell them

Nope - it's in our mechanics to point and verbalize. He's basically (unknowingly) asking for us to not follow procedure.

Originally posted by ctpfive
"don't tell the other team, we are trying to fool them". ... as soon as the teams started to come out onto the floor he told them that it was white ball and pointed that direction.

Good Referee. He did the right thing, and was not reluctant to do it, and by doing so, showed that the coach cannot influence him.