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The first one is simply a "Free Throw". If you make it, you get a bonus FT shot. The whole thing is a bonus situation because there will be the chance that the player will get to take the bonus FT. A bonus, in general terms, is something extra...usually for good performance (the made shot). Before they 7th foul, the team gets the ball. At the 7th, the team gets the FT(s) instead of the ball. The FT(s) is(are) not a bonus, they are in place of getting possession. The 10th foul makes the bonus automatic. It is not in place of something else, it is an extra shot.
RULE 4
SECTION 8 BONUS FREE THROW
ART. 1 . . . A bonus free throw is the second free throw awarded for a common foul (except a player-control foul) as follows:
a. Beginning with a team's seventh foul in each half and for the eighth and ninth foul, the bonus is awarded only if the first free throw is successful.
b. Beginning with a team's 10th foul in each half the bonus is awarded whether or not the first free throw is successful.
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