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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Actually, in this case it does, unless the foul is intentional or flagrant.
The ball becomes dead while still in the player’s hands. Since this player will not become an airborne shooter that rule doesn’t come into play and the quarter ends immediately prior to the defender making contact.
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Perhaps we differ in our rulings because neither of you have seen the video of this play.
The sequence was: player grabs the ball and quickly tries to release a try, the red light comes on, the ball is released, the defender contacts the shooter as he is coming down. The potentional foul was after the late release.
However, if the sequence had been: the player grabs the ball, the player begins the shooting motion, contact by the defender occurs, the red light comes on, the ball is released, then I would concur that the foul would properly be penalized by awarding FTs and the officials would be able to restore some time with knowledge.
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I have to disagree. The foul was in the act of shooting. Per the penalty portion of the contact fouls section of the rule book, a penalty for a unsuccessful shot attempt in the act of shooting is 2 or 3 shots. This does not specify the shot has to be out of the hands of the shooter. The ACT OF SHOOTING is the key part of this ruling.
You are correct in your rationale for the way you feel it should be called, but the act of shooting is the key term here. Once he starts the act of shooting, this is a try attempt, thus until he returns to the floor he is in the act of shooting.
The strange circumstances of the play would make it appear this shouldn't be considered an act of shooting foul since the ball was released given the clock expired before the release of the shot, however there is no exception to the rule allowing for this not to be considered in the act of shooting, thus the ruling was correct.