No, 8 seconds didn't go by. By the time they shot the 3 there was considerably less time left. The official was a good Ivy League official, for 20 years the interpreter on one of our larger boards.
Your description surely didn't make that clear...it sounded like the shot occurred at 12 seconds.
I agree, I didn't make it clear.
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