Can't believe that this happened

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

If they announced 1 shot and only team B played the rebound, they should stop it quickly and bring them back. The problem is, by allowing the ball to remain live, they're risking this happening. Once B scores, you can't nullify the points. They did it right by giving A the final FT and the ball (assuming A got the ball underneath B's basket for an end-line throw-in).

I agree with everything except this part, which, though in some sense correct, is not practical advice. They won't "stop it quickly" because they think A is shooting 1, and they don't discover the error until after B scores. Your advice is tantamount to saying "don't make that error," which doesn't really answer the question.

Assuming the officials erroneously gave A 1 FT and then let B score, they got the CE situation right. Of course, if they had happened to recognize the error during the FT, then it would have made sense to kill it on the miss.

A was unfortunate about the officials' error, but they did end up with possession at the end of it all.