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Okay, I'm going to take a stab at this one. First, a free throw begins when the ball is bounced to the free thrower. Second, the free throw ends when a)the throw is successful, b)the throw is obviously unsuccessful, or c) the ball becomes dead by rule. In this case, since the ball was not in the air yet, the ball became dead by rule when the official blew the inadvertent whistle for the lane violation. Since the free throw began legally and ended legally without being "successful", then I would think that the next free throw attempted when play resumes is the substitute throw. Therefore, the player actually only "shoots" 2 free throws(the substitute and the 2nd originally awarded throw) even though 3 free throws are actually started. I would think the same logic would apply if team A called (excuse me, I mean requested) a timeout after a violation by B but before the FT was in the air. This subject came up at a beginners camp I attended a couple of years ago but the evaluators never really reached a clear concensus. Basically they were having the same disagreements we are having here.
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