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Old Wed Sep 17, 2008, 08:27am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by Kirkleton View Post
I had it come up in a game a while ago...where a player takes a 3 point shot from outside the 3 point line, the defender jumps from inside the 3 point line and hits the ball with his finger tips and the shot still goes in.

Is this still counted as a 3 pointer or just 2?

I haven't been able to get a definate answer on this one
3 points. Look in the early part of rule 5 (iirc) and the related cases where it talks about the value of baskets
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