Re: Exactly. It's really not that hard to understand.

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That's a big problem then.

Nov 26, 2022, 10:09 AM [ in reply to Re: Exactly. It's really not that hard to understand. ]

That means that the players only had 2 seconds to shoot, not 3. Think about it ...

As soon as the ball is touched, the clock changes from 3 to 2. Zero (or no significantly measureable amount) time has elapsed, yet one full second is gone off of the clock ... so as soon as they touch the ball, they really only have 2 seconds to shoot, not 3.

It seems to me that if the players are to have 3 seconds to shoot, then one full second would have to elapse after the ball is first touched before the clock changed to 2, where it would remain for one full second before changing to 1, where it would remain for one full second before changing to 0, thus giving 3 full seconds to shoot. That's the way the game clock, which displays 10ths of a second, works. For instance, let's say you had 3.0 seconds left on the game clock, and 3 seconds left on the shot clock, and immediately started the count as soon as the ball was touched, the game clock would change from 3.0 to 2.9, not from 3.0 to 2.0, while the shot clock would change from 3 to 2. When the shot clock eventually got to 0 (zero), the game clock would still show 0.9 seconds. The only way to avoid that disparity is to have a shot clock that also displays 10ths of a second, or allow a full second to pass on the shot clock upon initial touch before changing.

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tigers screwed by clock operator with less than a minute in

How so?***

with 3 sec. the game clock started but shot clock didn't.

Wrong.

They were slow to start the shot clock

The shot clock is synchronized with the game clock.

These were not in sync - game clock started when the ball

They were in sync ... just because the shot clock didn't

The shot clock had to be reset from the previous

I missed that part about resetting to 3.0. That makes a

In other words, the shot clock counts down without moving.

Re: In other words, the shot clock counts down without moving.

You're right!

Re: with 3 sec. the game clock started but shot clock didn't.

Memories of the Duke clock

I was watching that. The explanation was…

Exactly. It's really not that hard to understand.