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- From: oday@lobster.gsfc.nasa.gov (Orin Day)
- Subject: Re: Possesion Arrow
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:51:40 GMT
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- In article <1jmul6INN5qi@golf.cis.ohio-state.edu> wlee@cis.ohio-state.edu
- (Wang-Chien Lee) writes:
- >
- > Would someone please tell me how the possesion arrow is decided?
- > In a jump ball situation, we look at the possesion arrow to decide
- > which side the ball belongs to. However, I never had a clue how it's
- > decided.
-
- At the beginning of the game, there is an actual tipoff. Say
- team A gets the ball on the tipoff. Then the posession arrow
- points "to team B", that is to say in the direction of the basket
- they are shooting at.
-
- Then, if there is a "tie-up" situation - a situation where a player
- from each team holds the ball for 1 second - the team that the arrow
- is pointing to gets the ball and a new 45 seconds on the shot clock.
- The arrow then points to the other team.
-
- Other situations where possession is decided by the arrow are
- the first possession of the second half, and a couple less common
- happenings such as when two players touch the ball at the same time
- before it goes out of bounds, or the ball is stuck between the rim
- and the backboard.
-
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