Oops...

[bainsey]

I'm sure the three on the court thought it could never happen to them, either.

[APG]

Happens to the best of us...

This happened in an NBA game a two years ago in a Celtics game...I believe the opponent scored a bucket or two before it was noticed by anyone. The next year, the NBA made a rule change and made 6 players on the floor a correctable error.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

The next year, the NBA made a rule change and made 6 players on the floor a correctable error.

How so, APG? POI from the point #6 took the court?

[APG]

Originally Posted by bainsey

How so, APG? POI from the point #6 took the court?

Once it's been realized that six are on the court, the offending team is issued a technical foul. Afterward, the offended team has two options:

1. Continue from the point in time when the technical foul was issued.
2. Go back to the time when the ball was put in play whenever six players were on the court and wipe out any points and fouls except for flagrant/unsporting fouls and points scored from them.

If the ball was put in play from a missed free throw that remained in play, you would have a jump ball at center court between any two players in the game at the time. If it was a throw-in, it would go back to that original throw-in. If from a jump ball, it would go back to that original jump ball between the same two jumpers.

[JugglingReferee]

Wow! So then 3 guys didn't count 5 guys on either team! Because it is be rare that an official counts one team but not the other.

[bob jenkins]

Announcers don't notice. Teams don't seem to notice (at least during play -- one coach approaches the officials after the game).

[ga314ref]

...there are five RED players standing right in front of the C. What in the world could he have been focused on to miss that?

[dsqrddgd909]

What is C pointing at at the 0:18 mark of the video? telling the L that the L has the 5-second count?

Red 1 stood in front of C unguarded for a long time, then red 21.