[Bobby]

>Offense goes up for layup, first defender make a legit attempt at a block and fouls, I blow my whistle.<

That's a personal foul and one or two shots, depending on the status of the basket.

>Almost immediately the second defender creams the offensive player making no attempt at the ball, my partner blows his whistle and calls intentional foul on the second defender.<

That's a second foul on the same play -- NOT a dead ball foul. That's unsportsmanlike, which is the proper whistle.

>Not sure what the correct procedure would be but we gave two shots and the ball. The question mainly is this, Was the second foul a dead ball foul?, and Should we have penalized both fouls? I am slightly confused on this call becasue I thought the ball was live, when a shooter is fouled, until the shooter lands, or the shot is made or missed.<

Actually, reading the FIBA rule book (2000) might help because it defines the procedure properly. I have submitted Article 56 (Special Situations), as it offers a well-written procedure on how this is done.


Art. 56 Special situations

56.1 Definition
In the same stopped-clock period which follows a foul or a violation, special situations may arise when additional foul(s) are committed.

56.2 Procedure
56.2.1 All fouls shall be charged and all penalties identified.

56.2.2 The order in which all fouls occurred shall be determined.

56.2.3 All equal penalties against both teams and all double foul penalties shall be cancelled. Once the penalties have been cancelled the fouls are considered as never having occurred.

56.2.4 The right to possession of the ball as part of the last penalty still to be administered shall cancel any prior rights to possession of the ball and these shall be forfeited as a result.

56.2.5 Once the ball has become live on the first or only free throw or on a throw-in, then that penalty can no longer be used for cancelling another penalty.

56.2.6 All remaining penalties shall be administered in the order in which they were called.

56.2.7 If, after the cancellation of equal penalties against both teams, there are no other penalties remaining for administration, the game shall be resumed as in Art. 45.2.2. (Team in control of ball regains control. If neither team in control, jump ball.)

In this case, 52.2.6 states both fouls are administered. The first foul (personal) is penalised and the penalty of two shots is followed by the second (the FIBA term for an intentional foul is unsportsmanlike) foul is penalised with two more shots. Possession of the ball at mid-court is then awarded.