Situation 1:
Player drives to basket, jumps in air to shoot a layup, fumbles the ball and comes back down with it. Is this a travel? Did player control end when the player fumbled it which would cause it not to be a travel?
I've seen this called a travel many times and a number of officials have told me it is a travel but by rule I'm not sure. You can always recover a fumble, right?
Situation 2:
Player goes up for a jump shot and ball slips out of hands. Player lands and then catches the ball. Is this any different from situation 1?
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