Game Play Situation

[BktBallRef]

Originally posted by crew
huh?

You can't ignore a situation and "hope" that everything turns out alright. Follow the rules!

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The referee shall:
Decide matters upon which the timers and scorers disagree and correct obvious timing errors.

Addressing previous points-

#1 - A shot clock sitation where the clock may or may not get reset correctly is not the same as a situation where there's a shot at the end of the game which is affected by whether the clock properly starts or not.

#2 - Drake is correct. The '72 Olympic game was about politics, not basketball. Further, the game officials did not make the decision that led to the Soviets getting 3 shots at the play. That decision was made by their supervisor, who came out of the stands and made the timer put time back on the clock.

[Edited by BktBallRef on Apr 29th, 2003 at 09:09 AM]