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Originally posted by Grail
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Originally posted by SamIAm
When it goes over the backboard.
The top of the backboard is not OOB. However sometimes the ball contacts part of the basket/backboard support structure near the top and is OOB due to that contact. Same contact can happen with a shot clock mounted near the top of the backboard.
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Unless it is a Fan-Shaped backboard. The top of that board is OOB.
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The difference between fan-shaped and rectangular backboards (aside from the shape, obviously) is that the ball is
not OOB if it passes over a fan-shaped backboard.
I have yet to find any reason for this rule, BTW. Does anybody know why this difference exists?