Inbound pass deflection goes OOB - time?

[eyezen]

2nd quarter 1.8 left on the clock, I am new trail opposite administrating a designated spot throw-in under the basket for team B. Inbounds pass goes out towards table and immediately deflected OOB by the defense. Clock still reads 1.8. Team B calls timeout. Team A wants time off. We discuss during timeout. R decides to leave time as is.

5-9-2 If the referee determines that the clock was not started or stopped properly, or if the clock did not run, an official's count or other official information can be used to make a correction.

Intuitively I feel some time has to come off, but can we justify it and if so how much? Obviously there won't be any accurate count.

Thoughts?

[mplagrow]

Leave it alone. You have no way of knowing realistically how much time to run off. What can you do, try to justify taking off .2? Play on.

[Adam]

If you don't know for sure, leave it alone.

[eyezen]

Thanks for the replies. I was pretty sure the R was right by rule, and your answers clarify that for me.

But you have to agree (or maybe you don't :-) that intuitively some time has elapsed. I wish there was a clarification by the FED one way or the other as this type of play seems to happen quite a bit. Say this play happened under the offensive basket, we've seen every tick count. If the FED comes out and says no time has to come off then so be it.

[Adam]

There's no way to accurately estimate it. It's not a pefect world.

[eyezen]

Agreed, but then where did the .3 tap rule come from?

[Stat-Man]

My rule book is two floors up, but I believe in NBA rules, at least 0.3 seconds must come off on plays where an inbounded pass is immediately tipped out of bounds with a stopped clock.

I also believe that NCAA and NFHS have no such provision.

[mplagrow]

Originally Posted by Stat-Man

My rule book is two floors up. . .

With that kind of lazy-azz attitude, Statman will soon be Fatman!