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Originally posted by jritchie
this happens a lot on the higher levels, and a lot of officials call this basket interference or goal tending and just count the basket.... the correct call supposed to be a technical foul if the slap causes the ball to miss.
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Just to keep things straight, whether the slap caused the ball to miss or not isn't really a factor in this call. The "T" is for a player INTENTIONALLY slapping the backboard or making the ring vibrate. If the defensive player tried to make a legitimate block in the ref's opinion, and he just missed the ball but still made the backboard vibrate with the miss, then there's no call even if the ball does happen to spin out of the basket.