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Originally Posted by bradfordwilkins
Basket is good, shooting one free throw with the lane cleared. (4-41-1)
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Originally Posted by LocDog249
How can you count the basket when the ball is in the players hand when the horn goes off?
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Originally Posted by bradfordwilkins
Haha was just taking a wild guess assuming it was a trick question :-P
The language in 4-41-1 implies that the continuous motion does not end until the ball is in flight...
And if B1 impeded A1's ability to get the shot off in time (and A1 had begun their habitual motion).
Additionally, the clock theoretically stops at the whistle and thus there is time left on the clock when the whistle blows on contact before the horn. Depending on HOW much time was left on the clock when the shot was fired and if the official had definite knowledge of how much time was left. If so, time back on the clock (and no cleared lane...)
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Locdog is close. With the removal of lag time, the answer to the question is, "It depends."
It depends if one of the officials looked at the clock after the whistle and saw any time on it.
If none of the officials see any time on the clock, then time has expired for the quarter and the basket cannot count. No basket, two free throws with the lane empty since time has expired.
If an official saw time, and the decision is made to put time back on the clock, then time has not expired, therefore the basket would count and one free throw with the lane occupied since there is time left.