Critical Clock Management in High-Stakes Situations

Everyone check the time and the score. It’s a one point game with less than 10 seconds in the game, we have to be perfect here. Good patient whistle by crew to not blow on scrum when players go to floor. Hold whistle, especially with time and score. The scrum leads to an obvious common foul at the basket. Clock awareness is key! We must know the game clock, shot clock, and magic number on every single possession. On this play, the clock continues to run long after the whistle occurs. As a crew, we will go to the monitor to check the time. In this specific situation, the clock does not run to zero, so we are going to put time back on the clock as to when the whistle/arm of the referee begins to start. In this case, we will put 4.0 seconds on the board and Gold #21 will shoot two free throws. If it was near the end of the game, and the clock ran to 0.0, we would put time back on the clock as to when the illegal contact occurred.