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Old Sat Mar 03, 2007, 01:32pm
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Resolving a scoring error

State playoff game -- early round. 8:10 to go in game (played in halves) when visitors make a layup. Video shows the scoreboard adds 4 points so instead of 51-44, the score is 51-46. Two baskets later, home team calls time out with 6:40 to go and scoreboard shows 51-50.

Table sounds horn and calls referee over. Home scorer explains there is a problem. His book shows 2 less points for visitors. Visitors book has the same score as the scoreboard.

Refs take 3 minutes to confer and leave the score alone....51-50. Visitors go on to win by 3.

The fan boys say the ref ordered the home book to change to match the visitors book and the scoreboard.

Rule 2-11-11 tells us how to reconcile a mistake -- sort of.
"If the mistake cannot be found, the referee shall accept the record of the official scorebook, unless he has knowledge which permits him to decide otherwise."
"If the discrepancy is in the score and the mistake is not resolved, the referee shall accept the progressive team totals of the official scorebook."
So what exactly is the proper procedure in this situation? Do you count the individual points for each player and add them up? Then what happens when the home book and the visitors book do not match? Neither you nor your partners noticed the "4-point play." No one called it to your attention sooner.

(For video , click here: http://www.youtube.com/v/pnboJuiGmiM)

Does the time delay matter in how you handle it? The scoring error was at 8:10, but the ref was not called until 6:40. I know this bookkeeping error is correctable until the final score is approved, but the delay in reporting it to the officials makes it much harder to determine the correct score.
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