Situation: 4th quarter where one team leads by more than 30. A coach calls a timeout. But he only does it to get subs in the game.
Should the clock stop?
Should the clock stop?
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If it’s a timeout. Shouldn’t it stop until the ball is inbounded? I saw two games this week where they didn’t stop the clock. But not sure what the actual rule is.momentarily yes
they should have.. Clock should have stopped just long enough to get the players on the floor and start with the ball being put back in play...If it’s a timeout. Shouldn’t it stop until the ball is inbounded? I saw two games this week where they didn’t stop the clock. But not sure what the actual rule is.
I've never been a big fan of the running clock. I always saw that time as end of bench player time. Those guys have put in their time in practice and now we cut them short when they do get a chance to play some. I could like it better if the clock did stop for timeouts and FTs. One 2 shot FT pretty much kills the clock. That kind of stinks for those kids.
I've seen the opposite where the team with the lead starts playing dirty to kill the clock. One of the cheapest, most flagrant fouls I ever saw committed was by a team leading by 52 with seconds left. We were shooting a 3-pointer and the shooter was absolutely slammed. Time expired without him shooting the free throws. That was early in the running-clock era and definitely one of the things that poisoned me against it.agree if a losing coach (down by 30 or more) is smart they are hoping either team gets to the free throw line as much as possible with the running clock, and yes those bench kids have a harder time getting minutes
In practice, that isn't how those games end.if fouled before the time ran out, you should always get to shoot the free throws even if the clock expires before the attempts.
30 pt lead in the 4th quarter, is plenty wide enough to trigger... Heck football only takes 35 at the half.
I've seen the opposite where the team with the lead starts playing dirty to kill the clock. One of the cheapest, most flagrant fouls I ever saw committed was by a team leading by 52 with seconds left. We were shooting a 3-pointer and the shooter was absolutely slammed. Time expired without him shooting the free throws. That was early in the running-clock era and definitely one of the things that poisoned me against it.
If they did that there would never be a running clock.It seems that if we absolutely must have a running clock (and I don't think that we do), it should be stopped on all fouls.
I might be more amenable to the running clock if it was harder to trigger, say a 50-point margin where its use would be rare.
That was the point. It's too easy to trigger the running clock. If it's going to exist, it should be rare. I've gone through seasons where it's happened over 1/3 the time. Totally demoralizing.If they did that there would never be a running clock.
I don’t see how you can say it is demoralizing. If the clock doesn’t run you probably lose by another 10-15 points.