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Originally Posted by ILMalti
Official called the right call and here is teh reason
a2 is in the FC when he jumps to catch the ball thrown in by A1 (regardless of where the throw in FC|BC"
as soon as A2 catches the ball you have PC/TC and the ball has FC status
When A2 lands in the BC he is considered to have been in FC and went to BC hence back court violation since PC/TC were established in the FC.
Good call by ref  |
All that is correct. Had this been a pass from inbounds it would be a violation. Had this been all the rule states, it would be a violation.
But, in the OP it was a throw-in pass, and the rule contains an "exception" for the first player to touch the throw-in pass (as well as exceptions fro defense and during a jump ball). Because of this exception, the play was (should have been) legal (assuming the play happened as described and that A2 was the first to touch the pass).