FIBA Official Basketball rules 2022

• After the scoresheet has been signed by the crew chief, the error may no longer be corrected. The crew chief or the commissioner, if present, shall send a detailed report to the organising body of the competition.

Article 49 Timer: Duties 49.1

The timer shall be provided with a game clock and a stopwatch and shall: • Measure playing time, time-outs and intervals of play. • Ensure that the game clock signal sounds very loudly and automatically at the end of a quarter or overtime. • Use any means possible to notify the referees immediately if his/her signal fails to sound or is not heard. • Indicate the number of fouls committed by each player by raising, in a manner visible to both head coaches, the marker with the number of fouls committed by that player. • Notify a referee immediately when 5 fouls have been charged against any player. • Operate the team foul markers, each one positioned on either side of the scorer’s table nearest to the bench of the team. The team foul marker shall show the current number of team fouls and shall be fully in red, with no number visible, after the ball becomes live again after the fourth team foul in a quarter. • Effect substitutions. • Effect time-outs. He/she must notify the referees of the time-out opportunity when a team has requested a time-out. • Sound his/her signal only when the ball becomes dead and before the ball becomes live again. The sound of his/her signal does not stop the game clock or the game nor cause the ball to become dead. The timer shall measure playing time as follows: • Start the game clock when: ▬ During a jump ball, the ball is legally tapped by a jumper. ▬ After an unsuccessful last free throw and the ball continues to be live, the ball touches or is touched by any player on the court. ▬ During a throw-in, the ball touches or is legally touched by any player on the court. • Stop the game clock when: ▬ Time expires at the end of a quarter and overtime, if not stopped automati cally by the game clock itself. ▬ A referee blows his/her whistle while the ball is live. ▬ A goal is scored against a team which has requested a time-out. ▬ A goal is scored when the game clock shows 2:00 minutes or less in the fourth quarter and in each overtime. ▬ The shot clock signal sounds while a team is in control of the ball. The timer shall measure a time-out as follows: • Start the stopwatch immediately when the referee blows his/her whistle and gives the time-out signal. • Sound his/her signal when 50 seconds of the time-out have elapsed. • Sound his/her signal when the time-out has ended. The timer shall measure an interval of play as follows: • Start the stopwatch immediately when a previous quarter or overtime has ended.

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