Thread: Attempted dunk
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Old Sat Feb 05, 2005, 09:46pm
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Originally posted by thumpferee
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Originally posted by JB
My partner brought up the following situation in our pregame this afternoon:

A1 attempts to dunk but finds himself too far under the basket. He goes up and pins the ball against the bottom of the rim. The ball never leaves A1’s hand. A1 returns to the floor with the ball. Has A1 Travel">traveled?
I would say No. Legal shot attempt.
Don't think so... Shot (Sec 40) defined as " when the ball is clearly in flight..." so it was not a shot?!

I'd call a travel if ball never left hands
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