The reason I asked was it is against the rules to go out of bounds on your own and be the first to touch the ball in certain situations. Usually the situation is described as going around a set screen on the baseline. The rule is not much different than the NF Rule, but should only be called when the player is the first to touch the ball. So maybe his call was based on this rule, not a backcourt violation. Now I am not talking about a situation where someone just steps out of bounds, I am talking about a situation where someone purposely goes out of bounds to gain an advantage. That probably would be a stretch, but that is the best I can come up with.
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