6 On 5 Is Now Illegal

by Jeff Clark on Mar 27, 2009 5:31 AM EDT in Boston Celtics News & Links

NEW YORK (AP)—NBA owners have approved a rules change regarding violations for too many men on the court, closing a loophole that allowed Portland to score on a 6-on-5 situation earlier this season.

If a team is given a technical foul for having too many players, the non-offending team can choose to accept or nullify the action that took place before the whistle blew. If the team playing with five scores, it can keep the points.

Should that team nullify the play, the game clock reverts to the time before the ball was put in play with too many players on the floor.

The rule was announced Thursday and will take effect Friday.

The Trail Blazers made a basket against Boston in December with six men on the floor. They were whistled for a technical, but were allowed to keep their two points because the violation wasn’t caught before they scored.

Glad that's cleared up.

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Common sense.

That’s something else that can be used in that kind of situation.

- Dirk

by Kiorrik on Mar 27, 2009 5:50 AM EDT reply actions

7 on 5

But in some games, 7 on 5 is legal from start to finish.

by greennwin on Mar 27, 2009 6:17 AM EDT reply actions

It amazes me how long it took them to finally amend this.

by NoraG1 on Mar 27, 2009 8:56 AM EDT reply actions

I kno right...

This is common sense, and it took them this long to say that its illegal?? 4 months is a long time to decide that playing 6 on 5 isn’t right… Doesn’t make any sense to me..

by Mizzy21390 on Mar 27, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions