Shot clock......

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by DrakeM

I mean, they are basically saying that there is no violation
until it is noticed by the official.

That's my take on it.

If you don't whistle a travel, it's not penalized, and it technically isn't a violation. Also, if the travel occurs at 43.1 and you whistle it at 41.8, the clock is set to 41.8, not 43.1 (unless you had some problem with your whistle or the like).

Only difference with the shot clock/game clock problem is that it is rather obvious to everyone in the arena.

Also, with shot clock violations, you may not know exactly what happens until a few seconds have gone off the clocks - time may just expire in that case. (Consider shot, horn, shot is good - we don't whistle it dead, and you could have a full second there. Also, shot, horn, shot is no good - that's when you actually do have the violation - when the shot is no good.)

I can see resetting the clock to the time when it's obvious that you have a violation, but this isn't necessarily the time on the game clock when the shot clock goes off.