A: There is no official term called a “referee time out” in the FIBA Rulebook. However, article 46.6 states – officials – “Have the power to stop a game when conditions warrant it.” In the case you describe, I assume that since the ball was out-of-bounds and the referee had to stop the clock, that this happened after a made basket, where the clock would not normally stop. In the case you describe, the referee would stop the clock so that the ball can be retrieved but it’s not a referee timeout. This is normal protocol so that additional time isn’t lost.