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Originally posted by Schmidt MJ
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",
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In c) you say "dead by rule" then you use the word "successful".
You can't have it both ways. the FT can't be unsuccessful if you don't even shoot it. This is important because the case play says " FT attempt by A1 is unsuccessful.