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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
The effect of this rule is, for at least the purpose of determining the number of points scored, to consider a "thrown ball" from behind the 3-point line to be a try whether that was the intent of the thrower or not. The "thrown ball", effectively being a try, ends in the very same manner as a try...
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While that may very well be the
intent, the actual effect is to make literally ANY thrown ball from beyond the arc worth 3 points if it goes in the basket without touching the floor or a teammate.
The rule was written incredibly badly, and directly conflicts with at least one case play ruling.
The ball does not stop being thrown simply because it is obvious that it's not going in the basket.