Team control foul

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Whether the clock is running or not has no effect on whether the ball is live.

The ball is tossed by the referee to start the game. The ball is live, the clock does not start until the ball is legally touched.

A shot is in the air when a foul is whistled. The ball is live, the clock stopped when the whistle was blown.

After a timeout, A1 has the ball for a throw-in. The ball is live, the clock does not start until the ball is legally touched after it's been released by the thrower.

A shot is in the air when the horn sounds. The ball is live, the clock stopped when the horn sounded.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Free throws. Live ball, clock not running.

Thanks guys. Someone should "sticky thread" these for a while. Have BktBallRef and Snaqwells missed any?

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You can also have a dead ball with the clock running.

Few seconds after a successful field goal before the ball is at the disposal of the new throwin team. Do I get a prize?

[Back In The Saddle]

It is interesting (to me anyway) to note that of the three ways that exist to get a dead ball live (throw-in, free throw, jump ball), all three make the ball live before the clock starts. Often the ball is live for several seconds before the clock starts. In the case of multiple free throws, the ball can cycle between live and dead multiple times without the clock starting at all.

As BBR and Snaqs have also pointed out, the ball can remain live after the clock stops. And the ball can be dead while the clock is running.

It is incorrect to equate the clock starting/stopping with the ball becoming live/dead.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

As BBR and Snaqs have also pointed out, the ball can remain live after the clock stops.

Too bad we all can't remain live after our clock stops.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Too bad we all can't remain live after our clock stops.

And some become dead long before the clock stops, so it's hard to notice when the clock actually stops.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

And some become dead long before the clock stops, so it's hard to notice when the clock actually stops.

Hey - I resemble that remark!