Talk:Five-second rule (basketball)

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I think the closely guarded rule is a little different in NCAA Women's. The distance may be 3 feet instead of 6 ... someone check.

NBA 5-Second Closely Guarded
It's untrue that the NBA has not called 5 seconds on a closely guarded situation in the past. Refs rarely call it, but they usually call it in equalizer circumstances, such as when they've made a poor call on a previous possession. I do remember seeing this called in a previously telecasted Lakers game, but I don't remember which one it is specifically. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsujimasen (talk • contribs) 12:54, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

There is no closely guarded count. The NBA has a 5 second back to basket violation where a player in his froncourt, below the free throw line extended, can not dribble with his side or back to the basket for longer than five seconds. The count ends when the dribble ends, the player goes above the free throw line extended, or the defense deflects the ball. No player needs to be within any distance for this count to begin unlike a closely guarded count. And I can assure you that this isn't called in "equalizer circumstances." No official will compound a missed call with another missed call as this will lower his percentage of correct calls on his charted calls. AllPurposeGamer (talk) 08:09, 28 April 2011 (UTC)