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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Here's a play for you. Alter the OP such that the ball merely bounces around on the ring and does NOT go in, but while the ball is up there B2 fouls A2, who is still outside the 3pt line. Are you going to award him 3 FT?
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No - he'll get 1 and 1 or 2 shots if appropriate, but there's (as we all agree) no try here.
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Let's even say that A2 jumped in the air to make the pass and A2 fouled him before he returned to the floor. When does the ball become dead on this play?
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Assuming you mean B2 fouls A2, the ball is dead when the foul occurs. No continuation, no FTs unless we're in the bonus.
I think your logic on both of these examples is flawed, though. We don't award free throws here because there was no try. The rules allow us to judge the difference between a try/tap and a pass, it's just that that decision is immaterial when it comes to whether a basket should be counted as a 2 or a 3.