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Message: [QUOTE="stamfordhusky, post: 3384900, member: 649"] There is a team turnover that may apply to shot clock violations, 5 second count on inbounds, and 10 second count to advance the ball to the front court. However, it is up to the scorekeeper to determine if the violation is largely the fault of one player or if more than one deserve responsibility. If the former, then the turnover is assigned to the player at fault. If the latter, then it is a team turnover. Most of the time, these clock violations end up going in the book as a team turnover. However there are definitely some situations where an individual deserves the blame. The relevant section from the statisticians' manual: SITUATION: Team A (a) fails to get the ball into front court in the allotted 10 seconds; or (b) fails to get off a shot in the allotted time on the shot clock or (c) fails to release in the allotted five seconds during a throw-in. RULING: In all three cases, there is a turnover. If the statistician thinks there is one player who is primarily responsible, charge that player with the turnover. If the statistician thinks that more than one player was responsible, charge Team A with the turnover. And yes, an offensive foul is a turnover. [/QUOTE]