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[APG]

Originally Posted by berserkBBK

He obviously doesn't ref MS games

More like he's never seen a basketball game in his life. A team down by a point and heaving it with little time left in the game? A play you see at every freakin' level.

[berserkBBK]

Ego can't admit he kicked it

[fiasco]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

More like he's never seen a basketball game in his life. A team down by a point and heaving it with little time left in the game? A play you see at every freakin' level.

I think it was more of him covering his tracks when he found out that, by rule, he was wrong. Trying to use a different rule to justify the call.

[Rob1968]

Case Book 9.8.A "While the ball is in the air traveling from backcourt to frontcourt, the 10-second count is reached."
RULING: Violation by Team A as the ball has not gained frontcourt location.

I made this call, years ago, when the ball was definitely passed at the 9-second point in my count, and traveled in the air to a 12 count, without gaining frontcourt location.

In the OP, the game situation trumps this call, because of the time remaining, and the obvious shot attempt. There is no way that it was not a shot.

[Adam]

That case play involves a pass. Camron was right, team control ends as soon as the shot is released, so the 10 second count would terminate. If the shot is blocked, and A1 recovers, he gets a new 10 seconds (a highly unlikely scenario due to the fact that no one takes this shot with more than 10 seconds on the clock.).

The game situation does not trump the call, although it may inform your decision regarding whether it is a shot or pass. I think that's what you meant, but I wanted to state that if this was an actual violation, the game situation shouldn't matter.

[Rob1968]

Agreed. I was just trying to stress that at the end of a game, we need to be aware of all aspects of the game situation, including the probability of a last second shot attempt, whether it is initiated from the backcourt or the frontcourt.
Thanks.