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Originally posted by CaptStevenM
I had kind of a weird play in a game. Team A has the ball in the front court and their point guard, A1, is dribbling outside the three point line. A1 picks up his dripple and throws a hard pass into the lane. The ball bounces of B player and goes strait up and into the hoop, without touching another A player. We counted the basket as a three and played on. Saying it was the same as a tip on a shot because A1 threw the ball in from behind the three point line.
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Whoa, I didn't see it but it sounds like it maybe shoulda been a 2-point basket only. The ball had to "legally" be touched by the defender in this play for a 3-point basket to be credited. Iow, it had to still be on the way up. That's NFHS casebook play 5.2.1SitC(b). If the ball legally hits a defender on the way DOWN inside the 3-point line or it is obviously short or below the basket ring, the shot has ended and if it subsequently goes in, you only award 2 points. See NFHS casebook play 4.40.4SitB.
If another player legally "tips" a shot inside the arc, as you state above, that automatically ends the 3-point attempt also, and only 2 points can be scored.