If you or Nolan need an immediate timeout to stop the bleeding, you can call a 30-second timeout. You'll get charged only with that, but because TV can't use a 30 very well, the TV director will take what he needs, a minute or more, and the timekeeper will charge you with only your 30. TV gets four timeouts in each half. Many coaches rely totally on TV timeouts in the first half, except for one timeout of their own that they may use in the final 30 seconds of the half, since they lose it if they don't use it. Otherwise, the coach has one 60, four 30s for the game, plus one more if there is an overtime.
Nothing is much better than going to the line.
A coach can rest a regular for just that length of time, and it helps. The way they're calling fouls this year, no one should get very tired. Copyright 1999-2001, Morris Communications Corporation and The E.W. Scripps Company. Please read our Privacy Policy.