Navigating Last Second Plays: Center's Role and Monitor Review

The Center position is in a great spot on the floor to see this last second play, remember we never want to walk ourselves out of a good look. With the game on the line, everyone must have an opinion. The trail should be ready to assist if the Center doesn’t have a whistle here. The crew is now going to the monitor to see what time should be on the clock for the three free throws. At the monitor, the crew determined that 0.1 on the clock was when the defender Purple #3 makes contact with the shooter White #22. Since the clock ran to zeros, we are going to put time back on the clock as to when the contact occurred. If the game clock did not run to zeros, we would put time back on the clock as to when we blow our whistle/fist starts to go up in the air. It’s very important to understand the difference. If the crew determined that the foul occurred after the release of the ball, with no time left on the clock, White #22 would shoot three free throws with the lane cleared to determine the outcome of the game. If at the monitor, the crew sees that White #22 completely returned to the floor with both feet, and then contact occurs with no time left on the clock, we would take away the foul since he is no longer an airborne shooter, and the game would be over.