Slight lapse of focus....
 

Got this from the Basketball Referee Facebook group. It speaks for itself.

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saved by the bell ... I wonder how long that would have gone on for if the quarter hadn't expired.

What is FIBA's protocol for a wrong basket?

Reset to ~5.6 seconds, blue ball?

16.2.2

If a player accidentally scores a field goal in his team’s basket, the goal counts 2
points and shall be recorded as having been scored by the captain of the opposing
team on the playing court.

Before The Buzzer ???
 

Backcourt violation?

From what I can tell the violation coincided with the on-screen clock hitting 0:00. Move along, nothing to see here...

Had this happen in a BV game two seasons ago ('12-13) after a missed FT. B1 got the rebound and - realizing he was wide open - scored into the wrong basket. Happily my partner and I shut it down before things got completely out of hand, i.e., before Team A completed the throw-in.

I even remembered to tell the scorer the goal wasn't credited to anyone on Team A! :D

If the player in white heaves it toward the wrong basket and the buzzer goes off while the ball is in the air does it count if it goes in?

Rhetorical questions, or quizzing our newbies?

I know you know the answer to this.

This scenario was taught in my training several years ago. It stood out as one of the few scenarios that I was completely unaware of as a player. But it makes sense -- not a try for goal, so treat it like a pass; ball is dead -- no basket. Same thing if the player driving for a layup at the wrong basket is fouled while attempting a shot at the wrong basket; not a shooting foul.

If you're going to go there, shouldn't you have a delay of game warning at the time of the throw in?

That's what I was thinking.

I don't care what the book says to do after the goal is scored in the wrong basket. Stop play, award the goal properly at the table, and have an endline throw-in to the correct team. That's going to clean up all the extra confusion.

Agreed, I have never had this happen where the proper team began the throw in after the goal. Just stop the game, make sure everything gets scored properly, and set them on their way pointed in the proper direction.

Archives ???
 

There's got to be a caseplay, or an interpretation, for this situation, but I can't find it. Where's Nevadaref when you need him?

This (below) is as close as I can find:

A SPECIFIC UNSPORTING ACT
10.1.8 SITUATION: Immediately following a goal or free throw by Team A, A1
inbounds the ball to A2 and A2 subsequently throws the ball through A’s basket.
RULING: The following procedure has been adopted to handle this specific situation
if it is recognized before the opponents gain control or before the next
throw-in begins: (a) charge Team A with an unsporting technical foul; (b) assess
a delay-of-game warning for interfering with the ball after a goal; (c) cancel the
field goal; (d) cancel any common foul(s) committed and any non-flagrant foul
against A2 in the act of shooting; and (e) put “consumed” time back on the clock.
COMMENT: If there is no doubt the throw-in was a result of confusion, the entire
procedure would be followed except no unsporting team technical foul would be
charged. A team technical would be assessed if the team had received a previous
delay warning. This procedure shall not be used in any other throw-in situation in
which an official administers the throw-in and a mistake allows the wrong team
to inbound the ball. (4-47-3; 7-6-6; 10-1-5d)

Actually, I see two different ways to look at it. What are you saying?

A try is only at one's own basket.

5.2.1 says that when the officials allow the teams to go in the wrong direction all points scored count as if they had gone in the right direction. When the officials allowed the wrong team to complete the throw-in and didn't blow it dead, as far as I'm concerned, they "allowed the teams to go the wrong way."

That applies if the teams started in the wrong direction, not when get disoriented in the middle of action. Under your theory then Blue should been credited with the 2 points White's basket.

That's only for starting the wrong direction at the beginning of a half, not the play in the OP.

The example given is at the beginning of the game. Why would that not apply if it happened at some other point? What do you do if you discover in the midst of the proceedings that the teams are going the wrong way and you don't know when they started?

If I somehow have a brain aneurysm and allow the teams to start going the opposite way during the middle of a half, I doubt my brain would be functional enough to remember the example.

So what does that mean? At the 4 minute mark of the first quarter you discover the teams are going the wrong way. Nobody knows when they started. This is actually not as uncommon as one might think when young kids are involved. What would you do?

I can see a TO in the middle of a quarter, and as part of the ensuing throw-in, the players all start going the wrong direction. Here, I'd let it stand, and fix it when discovered.

I think it needs to be that the referees are also just thinking that everything is normal, and that it's after some break in the action.

Or, use 2-3 (or whatever it is) to decide.

If nobody knows when they started going to the wrong way, then I'm assuming young kids are also officiating. The video in the OP is clearly a situation of an "all of a sudden" moment, not a prolonged stretch of action where everyone played normally.

4 seconds elapse in the OP with the wrong team inbounding the ball and dribbling into its own backcourt. This may not qualify as a "prolonged stretch of action" to you, but it's more than a sudden moment to me. Clearly none of the officials are aware of the problem and they don't appear to be young kids to me.

Let's Go To The Videotape ...
 

5.2.1 SITUATION E: During the pregame practice period, the visiting team
properly uses the east goal and the home team the west goal. The officials, by
mistake, allow the jumpers to face the wrong direction to start the game. A1 controls
the tap by tapping the ball back to A2. A2, realizing that he/she had warmed
up at the basket behind A1, dribbles to that basket and scores an uncontested
basket. RULING: Score the basket for Team A. The officials should stop the game
and emphasize to both teams the proper direction. The mistake is an official's
error by allowing A1 and B1 to face the wrong direction; not a correctable error.

5.2.1 SITUATION F: During the pregame practice period, the visiting team
properly uses the east goal and the home team the west goal. The officials, by
mistake, allow the jumpers to face the wrong direction to start the game. Several
baskets are scored before it is recognized that both teams are throwing the ball
into the opponent’s basket. RULING: All points scored count as if the teams had
gone the right direction and scored in their own basket. Once the mistake is recognized,
play shall continue with each team attempting to score in its own basket.
(4-5-4)

No points given, ball is dead when horn goes off unless on a shot.

I could never fathom going the wrong direction after a free throw and letting it last more than 5 seconds. And if someone were to launch a shot a the wrong basket that goes in after the buzzer, I'm not compounding my complete ineptitude by scoring points.

And again I ask, so in the OP, you are going to the scorer's table and making sure they awarded 2 points to Blue for the basket they made into White's basket?

In the OP, since the one basket is the extent of the damage, no, I think you credit it to white. However, had the action continued for any longer reaching the point where white also took a shot at the wrong basket, or had there been a turnover and blue again attacked the wrong basket, then I think it would fall under the "officials allowed the teams to go the wrong way" blanket, at which time the point would count for the team that shot them.

Just to be clear, you're going to stop play here before the ball goes through?

Most definitely.

You stop play when you realize what's happening. The guys in the OP obviously didn't realize what was happening. If A gets a shot here that goes in after the buzzer, there's no doubt in my mind they would have signaled it good. After all this, it comes to light what had happened, you go back and take the points off the board and credit the basket at the other end to white? I don't think you can do that.

No way to know what's happening here until 4 actually lines up for the shot. That's about a full second here. Even if I have notice, I have never stopped a player from shooting at the wrong basket, and I've never heard of anyone doing it. I will, however, enforce the rules (illegal dribble, 10 seconds, etc) and I would have stopped the clock and given blue the ball after they scored in white's goal.

Agreed

Exactly. If you catch this, all other action becomes irrelevant.

Once the wrong team inbounds the ball I'm stopping the game. So I will not have to stop the last second shot.

You and I may be talking about different portions of the play.

The ball goes through white's basket so 2 points for white, especially since this is not a case of an error on a throw in. I see it no differently than if a player got confused after a steal or in one of those crazy hypothetical plays that are occassionally posted here that have a pass some how go into a basket. Its still two points.

But, when white grabs the ball for the ensuing throw in I stop the game (hopefully I noticed) because it should be blues ball after the made basket.

I would not issue a tech per 10.1.8 for delay because the goal was nit the result of a try by white before they and they did not attempt a try at their basket. If everyone is confused then stop the game as soon as you realize there is n issue.

If they went back and forth for a few minutes before anyone notices, I don't see why you would remove any points scored unless you can exactly pin point what the score and time remaining was. If you take away the points then you should add back the time.

^^^^^This. I've been involved with this. Happened to me in one of my most memorable games ever over 10 years ago. Wish we had done that... But I'm ready if it ever happens again.

Here's my post 10 years ago.http://forum.officiating.com/basketb...ng-basket.html