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Originally posted by Snaqwells
Currently, I see the situation you set up above as unfairly penalizing a foul based on when it occurs.
Now, let's say A is throwing the ball in following an OOB violation and B1 fouls A2. Do we somehow preserve this throwin for later use? No. Yet many people think we should grant another throwin to the offended team if a defensive foul occurs following a held ball situation.
The way I see it, the defense is doubly penalized for a foul when it occurs during an AP throwin.
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An AP situation is completely different than an OOB violation.
Alternating possession was established for many reasons, none of which we really need to get into. But the premise is that each time a held ball occurs, there's a 50% chance that each team will get the ball. Therefore, unless that a team violates during their turn, they are entitled to 50% of the held ball possessions.
To not allow A to keep the arrow when B fouls, gives B
consecutive possessions on held balls, not
alternating possessions.
[Edited by BktBallRef on Apr 21st, 2004 at 08:56 AM]