KilgoreTrout
Hall-of-Famer
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2009
- Messages
- 21,965
- Reaction score
- 14,412
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- 123
From the NBA’s RULE NO. 5-SCORING AND TIMING:
Section III-End of Period
a. Each period ends when time expires.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) If a live ball is in flight, the period ends when the goal is made, missed or touched by an offensive player.
(2) If the official's whistle sounds prior to the horn or :00.0 on the clock, the period is not over and time must be added to the clock.
(3) If the ball is in the air when the horn sounds ending a period, and it subsequently is touched by: (a) a defensive player, the goal, if successful, shall count; or (b) an offensive player, the period has ended.
(4) If a timeout request is made at approximately the instant time expires for a period, the period ends and the timeout shall not be granted.
b. If the ball is dead and the game clock shows :00.0, the period has ended even though the horn may not have sounded.
http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_5.html
Section III-End of Period
a. Each period ends when time expires.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1) If a live ball is in flight, the period ends when the goal is made, missed or touched by an offensive player.
(2) If the official's whistle sounds prior to the horn or :00.0 on the clock, the period is not over and time must be added to the clock.
(3) If the ball is in the air when the horn sounds ending a period, and it subsequently is touched by: (a) a defensive player, the goal, if successful, shall count; or (b) an offensive player, the period has ended.
(4) If a timeout request is made at approximately the instant time expires for a period, the period ends and the timeout shall not be granted.
b. If the ball is dead and the game clock shows :00.0, the period has ended even though the horn may not have sounded.
http://www.nba.com/analysis/rules_5.html