Timing question

[LRZ]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

Ah - I misunderstood that you were taking their answers to the first (which were wrong) and applying them to the second question (where they are now right). got it now.

Lawyers call this "nunc pro tunc" ("now for then" is the rough translation): the wrong answer then is the right answer now!

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by LRZ

Lawyers call this "nunc pro tunc" ("now for then" is the rough translation): the wrong answer then is the right answer now!

I think I had nunc pro tunc at the Vietnamese Pho place yesterday.

[NoFussRef]

I am thinking this might not apply to OP as it appears to describe a live ball with clock winding down and the shot at .2 seconds remaining.

However, what would your ruling be if this occurred on a throw-in at .2 seconds?

5-2-5 . . . When play is resumed with a throw-in or free throw and three-tenths (. 3) of a second or less remains on the clock, a player may not gain control of the ball and try for a field goal. In this situation only a tap could score.

NOTE: This rule does not apply if the clock does not display tenths of a second.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by NoFussRef

5-2-5 . . . When play is resumed with a throw-in or free throw and three-tenths (. 3) of a second or less remains on the clock, a player may not gain control of the ball and try for a field goal. In this situation only a tap could score.

NOTE: This rule does not apply if the clock does not display tenths of a second.

This rule has absolutely nothing to do with anything we're talking about here.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

I think I had nunc pro tunc at the Vietnamese Pho place yesterday.

Nothing like a good Pho Cup for lunch.