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To set a couple of things straight there are two cases here:
1. A1 shoots, is fouled by B1 in the act of shooting, then the ball passes over the rectangular backboard and enters the basket.
2. A1 shoots, the ball passes over the rectangular backboard, then B1 fouls A1 before the shooter returns to the floor, the ball then enters the basket.
RULINGS:
In the first case we have a player who is fouled while in the act of shooting during a live ball. The ball then becomes dead before the try is successful at the point when it passed over the board. The basket does not count due to the violation of causing the ball to pass over a rectangular backboard, but A1 should be awarded two shots for the personal foul committed by B1. Note that the foul is not a common foul since it was committed against a player trying for goal. See 4-19-2 for the def of a common foul.
In the second case a player causes the ball to pass over a rectangular backboard while trying for goal. This causes the ball to become dead. A1 is then fouled by B1 before returning to the floor. Although the contact occurred during a dead ball, it was committed against an airborne shooter and therefore should not be ignored. (4-19-1 Note) The official will not count the basket due to the violation of causing the ball to pass over the rectangular backboard and should penalize the personal foul against B1 by awarding A1 two free throws.
Note that if the shooter had returned to the floor before the contact occurred then it would no longer be against an airborne shooter and should be ignored. The game would resume with Team B being awarded the ball on the end line for the violation.
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