This happened to me in a JUCO game this season...what would you do?
The score is tied at 85 with :06 left to play. The visiting team is at the line to shoot two. They make the first one to go up by one. The home team then called time out. After the time out, the visiting team sank one more freethrow to go up 87-85. The home team now has to go the length of the court. The inbounds pass following the freethrow was a length of the court pass that was first touched in the front court near the foul line. The ball was deflected a few times, and a home team player ended up securing control. Before he was able to get a shot off, my partner (the new trail) was blowing his whistle to kill the play. The clock never started. Yes, there was still six seconds showing! What would you do? I have spoken to a couple of NBA officials who told me what they would do, which is actually the same as what we ended up doing, but it is an interesting topic for discussion.
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