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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
BktBallRef, Are you saying there is No Penalty for playing with fewer than 5 players when available?
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That's generally true, especially if it's a "mistake."
If the coach refuses to put in the 5th player, it's still not a T for playing with fewer than 5, but it is a T for delay / unsporting conduct on the coach.
The one exception *might* be in the case presented here -- after a TO, the ball is put in play under the resuming of play procedure. Then, 4 players rush onto the court.
It's unclear from the case whether that's an immediate T, or only becomes a T when the 5th player rushes the court.
In the case of a substitution mistake (4 enter, 5 leave, for example), it's only a T when the 5th player returns.
Mon Jan 06, 2003, 06:34pm
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