Was watching end of Serbia/France today (good game), and now watching Australia/USA (Australia with five NBA players up 43-39 in second quarter).
Did I hear correctly that you can't call timeout when the ball is Live? At the end, Serbia didn't take a time out in a key moment--and that's what I thought I heard.
I did find the below Time Out rules. Makes for a better game than NBA (and I like the NBA). Also, quarters are 10 minutes instead of 12.
The NBA's timeout structure is muddied by television breaks and the distinction between full and 20-second timeouts, but you more or less get six of them. They can be called by a player or a coach when a team has possession, and you can call them between free throws. In international play, none of that is true! A team has two first-half timeouts and three second-half timeouts; they all last one minute. You can't call time out once a series of free throws has started, and by "you," I mean "coach," since that's the only person on the floor who can call time out. If you end up in overtime, good luck. The NBA gives a team three timeouts in OT; international play grants just one. The lack of familiarity with the FIBA rules is a slight disadvantage for Team USA, although they probably aren't worried about strategic use of timeouts when they're winning by 40-plus points.
Did I hear correctly that you can't call timeout when the ball is Live? At the end, Serbia didn't take a time out in a key moment--and that's what I thought I heard.
I did find the below Time Out rules. Makes for a better game than NBA (and I like the NBA). Also, quarters are 10 minutes instead of 12.
The NBA's timeout structure is muddied by television breaks and the distinction between full and 20-second timeouts, but you more or less get six of them. They can be called by a player or a coach when a team has possession, and you can call them between free throws. In international play, none of that is true! A team has two first-half timeouts and three second-half timeouts; they all last one minute. You can't call time out once a series of free throws has started, and by "you," I mean "coach," since that's the only person on the floor who can call time out. If you end up in overtime, good luck. The NBA gives a team three timeouts in OT; international play grants just one. The lack of familiarity with the FIBA rules is a slight disadvantage for Team USA, although they probably aren't worried about strategic use of timeouts when they're winning by 40-plus points.
