A2s last position on the court is inside the arc, and presumably so is B2, the bucket is a 2. With B2 you have the whole issue of an opponent putting the ball into the wrong basket. I think we established this can not be considered a try, so the bucket from B2 would be 2 no matter where his last position is.
As with anything if A2s touch is before, give him the bucket, after the horn and it is a dead ball. B2 is a little sticky and leads me to the first of some better questions.
One, B2 goes to block the three by A2 and gets a little piece of it. Do we still count this as a three? If we go by the assumption that an opposing player cannot make a legal try or tip at the opponents basket, shouldnt this be only a two? I know I would get run off the court if I ruled that way, but technically should it not be a two? That is why on the horn example, I think if B2 touches the ball before the horn, it is a dead ball (no try or tap) when the horn goes off, but I am not going to make that call.
Two, what if A2 is fouled as the ball is going off his head. This clearly is not a tap or try, so what would the call be? Do you count the hoop and give him one, or waive it off and resume play after the personal.
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