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Old Tue Mar 08, 2005, 12:20pm
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Originally posted by aurabass
My questions involved the rule and I ask again how the three point line rule is stated:
Is it "touching the line" or "over the line"
and
Does a three point 'jump shot' where the feet leave the court behind the line but the shot is released above the line count as a three or a two?
Touching the line is a two. An airborne player's position is determined by his point of takeoff. If he jumped from behind the line, it's a three.

There are only two rules that reference a boundary "plane" rather than a line. Throwins and freethrows.
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