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Old Wed Apr 14, 2010, 03:17pm
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Originally Posted by doubleringer View Post
I was just curious as to why the rules committee for FIBA wouldn't want players calling a time out.
It's all about keeping the flow of the gameand probably a few other small details. No need for stopping the game if a player is close to a 5 second count either on a throw in or on the court. There is no second guessing if the Coach called for a time out or the dreaded 5 out.

Thats the explanation I know.
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