Blew a time out call

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Originally Posted by grunewar

Last night, I'm watching a V first round playoff game. A1 misses a shot, ball batted around, scrum for the loose ball, B1 comes up with it and goes the other way. A2 is sprawled on the floor under A's basket. B moves down floor and is into running it's offense 5 on 4. A2 limps by Trail still in the backcourt and says something to him. Trail immediately calls timeout....B coach goes nuts! He seemed to be saying - How can you call a timeout when I have the ball and am moving in for a shot? You can't do that! That's wrong! What's your reasoning?

A2 limps off and is replaced. T and C meet at halfcourt......I woulda like to have heard that conversation....... Ball put back in play by B, under B's basket - where it was at POI.

There is a D1 superviser out west that hates this thinking. Who did the official charge the timeout to?

It has nothing to do with a timeout, but I hope everyone paid attention to what Jurassic said. If one player is on the floor and someone jumps on him to tie the ball up that isn't a held ball, it is a foul. This play is overlooked too often - probably because it isn't a popular call.