Lob Just Before the Buzzer

[M&M Guy]

Boy, can I get myself in trouble if I don't read everything first...I skimmed right over the part about the period ending.

Yes, you are correct that if you indeed judge it to be a pass, the ball becomes dead immediately on the horn. The only way the ball is not dead on the horn is if the ball is in flight during a try. I initially thought you were making the blanket statement that you do not count the basket on any pass.

Now comes the part the others are saying - would you be 115% certain it was a pass? Every last second situation like that I've seen involves a player heaving the ball towards the basket, and therefore would be considered a try/shot. It would have to be painfully obvious to everyone, including the blind guy with his dog up in the top row, that the player lost track of the time and was just trying to pass it to his teammate.

Maybe I will make the appointment with the optometrist as the coach suggested last night...