I have to agree with Smiley, the situations are not one and the same. In 9.2.2c B1 attempts an illegal throw in by not being out of bounds. In this case there is no throw in attempted. I can see delay, I can even see the 5 second count, however I can also see the validity in the argument that the player didn't know that the ball had gone through the hoop. I would be tempted to blow it dead and make them inbound it.
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