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Old Sun Jan 06, 2008, 12:26am
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Time out situation

Tonight I was a spectator at the finals of a local tournament. Last minute of the girls game, A scores to go up by 4. B1 quickly grabs the ball, steps out, and inbounds to B2, probably in less than a second. Meanwhile A players are signaling time out. Not sure who made the first signal or when, but when I first saw it, B2 had the ball in her hands inbounds. Now at least 3 of the 5 A players are in a cluster in front of their bench, all continuing to signal time out. B2 hesitated, then put the ball on the floor and started to push it up. At this point, one official blew the whistle, apparently to grant the time out. Had he not blown the whistle, at the very least B would have had numbers on a break on the other end. There's more. Trail official, right in front of A's bench, immediately point's back to the spot and simply says, "B's ball." Meanwhile coach B has made her way farther and farther from her bench and is now standing the circle at midcourt, saying something to effect of, "What the hell?"
The official repeated his explanation "B's ball." They went back to the end line, and gave the ball back to B, and I don't believe that the official gave a signal that B could run the end line.

My questions: If you are the lead and witness all this from the other end of the court, do you trot to the other end and call a huddle to confer about time out rules, or do you stay where you are and leave bad enough alone. And would whether you are the R or not affect your decision? Also, would knowing that your partner screwed up and cost team B a fast break make you any less likely to T up the coach for being out in the middle of the floor?
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