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Late clock start - again
In a previous thread, it was concluded that the referee should keep the time on the clock in their head if the scorer did not start the clock properly. For example, 4 seconds on the clock on the in bounds. A couple of seconds go by, and the ref yells to start the clock, but is already counting down in his head. After the clock finally starts late, a player looks at the clock to see 3 seconds are remaining, so instead of shooting, he makes one more pass in order to get a better shot. Then the ref blows the whistle to end the quarter with 2 seconds left on the clock. Should the players not rely on the clock in situations like this?
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There's no good way out when something goes wrong at the end of the game. All we can do is the best we can do (following the rules). |
Where are we in the game when this happens?
It would be best IMHO to stop the game and either correct the time or restart the inbound at the 4 second mark early in the game. This shows you are on top of the game and the timing situations. It may prevent a problem late in the game on a possession that could change the out come of the game when you least want to have to deal with a clock problem. |
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The January issue of Referee has a good article on this...........
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