DQ Situation

[Nevadaref]

Ron,
Your terminology actually is right since the scorer and timer are game officials as they are included in Rule 2 Officials and Their Duties, although they serve in an assisting role to the officials on the court. This is why we do not allow cheering from the table personnel during the game. They are supposed to be impartial officials.
Also, you handled the situation beautifully and got the play right. As soon as it is brought to your attention that a player is no longer eligible to play, you remove him/her, free throw shooter or not.
Consider a player who has four fouls who is fouled hard by B1 and then gets up and shoves B1. Let's say team A is in the bonus, so A1 would have a merited one-and-one coming, but if the official calls a technical foul on A1 for the shove that would be his fifth personal foul and he would have to be replaced before the free throws. Result: substitute will shoot the 1 and 1.
PS All this is spelled out in the Rule Book on page 19. Rule 2-11-11 Note 2.

[Edited by nevadaref on Nov 5th, 2002 at 08:29 AM]