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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Just explain that it's a violation for the ball to go up through the bottom, and once that happens the ball is dead and a goal cannot be scored.
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That's the key. The violation makes the ball dead. Once that happens, one no longer has a
LIVE ball entering the basket from above. Rather one has a dead ball doing that.
6-7-9 The ball becomes dead, or remains dead, when:
. . . A violation, as in 9-2 through 13, occurs (see exception d below).
9-4 A player shall not travel with the ball, as in 4-44, intentionally kick it, as in 4-29, strike it with the fist or
cause it to enter and pass through the basket from below.
PENALTY:
The ball is dead when the violation occurs and is awarded to the opponents for a throw-in from the designated out-of-bounds spot nearest the violation.
Basketball Rules Fundamentals
3. A goal is made when a live ball enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through unless canceled by a throw-in violation or a player-control foul.
16. The official's whistle seldom causes the ball to become dead (it is already dead).