I've got this problem. Let's say one player is getting the shot off before the game clock went to 0.0. SO the ball left his hand at 0.1, but after it went to 0.0, his defender blocked it. Not a goaltending, but a perfect block after the game clock is gone. What would that count as? A block for the defender? Has this ever happened before? For game clock, not shot clock tho.
While there was still time on the game clock, a shot was attempted but it was blocked. It counts as a blocked shot - where is the confusion?
Are you trying to say someone got a clean block on the ball after the light on the backboard when off after the ball was released from the shooters hand? IMO thats still a block even though time has run out. The ball is still in possession because it was shot before the game was over.
i could be wrong on the time, but didnt okur and kirilenko block a buzzer beating attempt by billups last year (first week of the season) and they got credit for the block.
From the NBA's official rules, 2 rules that may apply here : 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. ... (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. The block should be scored in my opinion.
If a player is fouled while shooting, technically the ball is still in play as well (goaltending could be called, for instance). But if a player blocks it, that doesn't count as a block in the stat sheet.
But a buzzer-beater counts as an attempted FG, while a shot on which a player is fouled doesn't. I dunno what the rule actually is about blocked buzzer-beaters, though.
All the stats would be accounted for. The block, attempted FG, etc. But I personally have never heard of a situation in which the ball was blocked while the lights were on the backboard while the player got the shot off. Most players get the shot off with a full second left.
Any shot can be blocked. The buzzer or time on the clock doesn't matter. Only issue is if it counts in the stat sheet or not. If Jon Starks in game 6 of the finals shot the ball with .0001 left, was Hakeem just gonna leave the ball alone and see if it goes in?
A more interesting scenario: What if the ball is blocked so hard that it goes into the OTHER basket? Would the defensive team get 3 points?
That has always pi$$ed me off. If the shot would of counted had it gone in, a block should be given when you knock it away. If you block it on the way down, goaltending will be called.
then would it count as a missed shot on the player who drew the foul, if the block is awarded on the stat sheet?
