End of game situation

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by rfp

But in my sitch, there were no errors. The timer responded as quickly as he could once he heard the whistle.
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The unknown is how much of a time difference. So the questions is, can you have definite knowledge without knowing the exact amount of time?

In some cases, yes...but not in this case.

In this case, the amount of time is not limited to what an official sees on the board. Any type of counting the official does on the court is a valid source of definite knowledge.

The cases were you don't need an exact time are those when you have a clock not starting and have a sequence of counts that are not continuous. Example: Throwin...backcourt count for 8 seconds....ball in front court from some time (not closely guarded)...then ball is closely guarded for 3 seconds when the official recognizes that the clock didn't start....you take 11 seconds off. It is definite knowledge since those counts were known. The remainder of the time can not be adjusted unless there is some other form of definite information.