2020-2021 AROUND the NBA: Archived

[Halfnir]

Didn't know that. Still, mistake by whoever is running the 24s clock

Nope again, the 24s clock starts when the first player in the field touches the ball. 

The sequence is as follows: 
- Ball goes through the rim, 24s resets and is stopped, game clock continues (stops in last 2 mins of last quarter/OT)
- Ball made available to the inbounding player (either he gathers it or it's handed to him by the ref).
- Inbounding player has 5 sec to inbound the ball by giving up control of it. 
- First player of either team touching it starts 24s as well as 8s to advance the ball (and game clock if it was stopped before)

There is a bit of a grey zone about what happens if noone makes himself available to inbound. I think in worst case the ref can call delay of game (any whistle stops the game clock) or make the ball available for inbound by putting the ball on the floor next the the baseline and start the 5 sec count.

So you can milk the game clock by delaying the ball to be made available for inbound (have the ref gather it and switch or late decide on inbound player), then taking the max 5 secs to inbound and then in the period after the inbounding player gives it up and it is touched by the first player.