Inadvertent Whistle

[JetMetFan]

I've edited it to deal with the specific situation in the OP...so no, they didn't get it right in terms of the location of the ball.

7.5.3 SITUATION:

An official sounds his/her whistle inadvertently...(b) while the pass is in flight from A1 (in A's backcourt) to A2 (in A's frontcourt).

RULING: The ball is put in play at the point of interruption. In (b), since the ball is being passed among teammates and is in flight, it retains the same location as when it was last in contact with A1 in Team A's backcourt. Therefore, Team A is awarded a throw-in at the nearest out-of-bounds spot to where A1 was when the whistle was sounded. (7-4-4; 4-4-3; 4-12-3; 4-36-1, 4-36-2)

[Toren]

Thank you

[Camron Rust]

So, team A really got the short end of that deal. They lost both the position on the court AND the time. They get the spot pre-pass but the time post-pass....raw deal. But, correct by rule since no official apparently knew how much time was on the clock when the whistle sounded.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

So, team A really got the short end of that deal. They lost both the position on the court AND the time. They get the spot pre-pass but the time post-pass....raw deal. But, correct by rule since no official apparently knew how much time was on the clock when the whistle sounded.

Actually in the OP they broke even and probably even made out little better since they got the ball in the frontcourt but lost time on the clock.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Actually in the OP they broke even and probably even made out little better since they got the ball in the frontcourt but lost time on the clock.

Yes, in the OP they did, but if administered as in the posted interpretation, it wouldn't work out so well when combining the inadvertent whistle with the failure to stop the clock on the whistle with no official having definite knowledge. Going back to the spot of the throw with the time after the catch is just plain wrong by any common sense analysis. But, as was said, that is where the rules lead in this case of two errors in one.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

Actually in the OP they broke even and probably even made out little better since they got the ball in the frontcourt but lost time on the clock.

I believe Camron was referring to the result if the OP had been officiated by the Case Play.