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  • The game turned for Wall on the defensive end, as he sent a Gibson layup attempt into the front row and immediately deflected Gibson's three-point attempt that resulted in a shot-clock violation.

    John Wall, Wizards bounce back from rough first half to beat Cleveland Michael Lee 2010

  • Let me provide an intensely local and yet generalizable example. 24 seconds -- not 24 hours -- that's how long you've got on the traffic shot-clock to cross 6 rows of cars on the main street of my home town, Sarasota, if you wish to reach the grounds of our main regional hospital.

    Matthew Edlund, M.D.: 24 Seconds to Roadkill M.D. Matthew Edlund 2011

  • He showed the same athletic skill he did when he burst onto the scene on Saturday—carving through the Utah defense and adding what amounted to the game-sealing play when he beat the shot-clock to drain a 3-pointer with 1:58 remaining to make it 95-86.

    Lin, Depleted Knicks Still Get Best of Jazz 2012

  • They shot just 31% from the field, turned the ball over 19 times and committed four shot-clock violations.

    Top-Ranked Kentucky Runs Over St. John's Brian Costa 2011

  • They committed two shot-clock violations in the first 10 minutes.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • D.J. Augustin then coughed the ball up after a timeout, and Salmons buried another 3 at the shot-clock buzzer to make it 102-93 with 3: 14 left.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Regardless of how the Fever tried to slow the offense, or even how many shot-clock violations it forced, Washington continued to plug away and pull down rebounds that created multiple opportunities.

    Mystics 68, Indiana 65 Kate Carrera 2010

  • Michael Finley's winning 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left counted despite his apparent shot-clock violation.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • “You've got your helmet, right?” my wife asks anxiously as she eyes the bandage on my forehead that covers a three-inch cut I received last weekend when a symbolist poetess smashed avillanelleover my head after I whistled her for a shot-clock violation.

    The Sylvia Plath Foreclosure Sale 2010

  • Young missed a 3 as the shot-clock expired on Washington's next possession, and that was that.

    USATODAY.com 2008

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