So there's five seconds to shoot, and Kobe Bryant gets double-teamed on the left block.
He tosses the ball out to Fisher who swings it to the top for Artest. With the Thunder covering every pass, Artest gets it to the corner finding Steve Blake.
Jeff Green rushes out to defend the three. Blake spots Pau Gasol open at the rim and wraps a bounce pass around the approaching Green.
But just before the pass finds Gasol, the recovering Serge Ibaka just does get a hand on it, tipping the pass out of bounds. The Lakers have one second left on the shot clock.
But when the possession started, there were 51.8 seconds left in the quarter. Now there are 28.1 seconds left.
And yet the shot clock reads one second.
According to rule, there's only enough time to score on a tip-in. So when the inbounds pass comes in and Bryant attempts a jump shot, it will be a 24-second violation. Why cannot the shot clock display tenths of seconds?
The 24-second clock itself wouldn't have to change much—just start displaying the tenths once the shot clock ticks down below ten seconds. It just seems stupid to have on ...
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NBA: When One Second Isn’t a Full Second: Time For a Rule Change
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