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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Doesn't sound like an illegal dribble to me. A player cannot dribble if he does not have player control of the ball.
MTD, Sr.
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Saw this in a recent NBA game.
Player A1 has ball at the top of the key. Initiates dribble, then tries to terminate dribble by grabbing the ball with both hands. Ball slips through fingers... he has muffed it.
Defender sees the ball bouncing there and moves in to collect it. A1 seeing the defender coming towards it, taps it towards the floor (like a dribbling action) so that it bounces back away from the defender, then catches the ball.
My feeling is that this is a double violation. Player A1 terminated dribble, muffed it, but then made a controlling tap of the ball after that.