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Old Wed Oct 20, 2004, 12:42pm
blindzebra blindzebra is offline
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Originally posted by Lotto
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Originally posted by jritchie
What if??? "the ball is still in the air" and the horn sounds and the A1 player returns to the floor and is hit, still after the horn which ends the game...Does it matter where the ball is in respect to the shot ending??
If the contact occurs before the shot ends (so the ball is still live), you have a personal foul. The foul is part of the 4th quarter, so you shoot the FTs as part of the 4th quarter if the score is tied or if A is behind by 1 or 2 points.

If the contact occurs after the shot ends (so the ball is dead), you have a technical foul. The foul is not part of the 4th quarter, so you only shoot FTs if A is behind by 1 or 2 points.

Penalties would be also be (slightly) different as the fouls are different types.

Interesting (to me) side note: In the latter situation, if A is down by 1, then A can win without going into OT by making both FTs. If A and B are tied, then there's OT no matter what. So it almost seems as though it's an advantage to be down 1 here...is that right?
No, if the score difference is greater than the number of free throws game over, if it is 1 or 2 points you need to see if there will be an overtime, thus they become part of the fourth quarter.
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