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Originally posted by fletch_irwin_m
I heard this one last nite:
Team A scores.
B1 takes the ball out of bounds and passes to B2 along the baseline out of bounds (position established) B2 has the ball go through his hands, into the concession area bounce off the popcorn machine and on the floor, still out of bounds. B2 picks it up and throws it in to B3 who is immediately fouled for the Bonus. What was the call?
Here is what those officials did. They called the foul and then huddled up do figure out what just happened. They called the ball dead prior to the throw in, because the ball broke the plane of the side out of bounds line. Thus resulting in a dead ball and turn over. Team A was awarded the ball under the basket.
Have at it.
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On a spot throw-in, if B fumbles the ball, s/he's allowed to retrieve it, return to the spot and complete the throw-in (while the 5-second count continues).
I'd do the same thing here -- keep the count going. If B2 was behind the end-line and "within" the side-lines, legal throw-in.
Either way, I don't think it's covered, so we get to use the elastic clause.