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Originally posted by donj
Player gets confused and shoots at wrong basket and misses. Ball hits rim during shot and there was no call by official for any dribbling violation. Was this correct? Also, if shot was taken and ball does not make contact with rim, just backboard, is this then a double dribble violation? Please state rule and/or case number for this situation. Thanks
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Throwing the ball against your opponents backboard is the same as dribbling. That doesn't mean that it's automatically double dribbling. It's only a double dribble if:
1- He dribbled, "shot" the ball, and hit the backboard or
2- He "shot" the ball, hit the backboard, got the "rebound" and then dribbled.
I don't believe the rim is referenced in the rule and I'm sans rule book at the moment.