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Old Sun Feb 24, 2002, 09:34pm
Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is offline
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Re: Re: Re: misunderstood

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Originally posted by dblref

Wait a minute! Thought the ball had to hit the rim first and then could hit the backboard. In this situation, the ball hit the backboard and then the rim. Don't have my rule book with me, but I seem to recall it had to hit the rim first.
No - the only requirement is to touch rim at some point in the FT. The difference with backboard comes from the fact that players on the lane can move when the ball hits the backboard or rim, but the shooter and outside players must wait for the ball to hit the rim.
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