Right on, Dennis. It doesn't happen very often, but that's still a big misconception. Most folks believe if you touch the ball after it hits the backboard, it's goaltending, but they key is whether it was on its downward flight or not. As far as the goaltending question, we've addressed this quite a bit recently in other posts, but it is NEVER goaltending or basket interference for slapping the backboard. If you call a "T," it is separate from the question of whether the ball did or would have gone in.
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