shaky-Jay,
NF rule book, Basketball Rules Fundamentals, page 78 number 2.
"Neither a team nor any player is EVER in control during a Dead Ball, Jumb Ball, Throw-in, or when a ball is in flight during a try or tap for a goal".
If you as a referee determine that it was a SHOT (air ball) then the shooter can be the first to catch or touch the ball. Legal Play!
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Don
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