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4-16-5 An interupted dribble occurs when the ball is loose after deflecting off the dribbler or after it momentarily gets away from the dribbler.
These two situations describe accidental loss of the ball during a dribble. The sitch described was not an interrupted dribble, since the ball neither momentarily got away or deflected off the dribbler. By the way, no advantage is given to the offense in the described situation, since as soon as the player goes out of bounds it is a violation, so there is no need to give a technical foul, nor to have a POE.
By inference, the POE must apply to a player that is not dribbling, since there is already a rule covering the situation.
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