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Rule 5-9-3
...If a free throw is not successful and the ball is to remain live, the clock shall be started when the ball touches or is touched by a player on the court.
This means that after the free throw is missed, and play will be off the rebound, the clock will start as soon as a player touches the ball, or the ball touches a player (like bounces off his head, for example).
Rule 5-9-4
...If play is resumed by a throw-in, the clock shall be started when the ball touches, or is touched by, a player on the court after it is released by the thrower.
This means that after the last MADE free throw, the clock will not start until the thrower-in has released the ball to the court, AND a player on the court touches it, or is touched by the ball (the ball hits a player's knee, for example).
Both rules could be written with, or without, the COMMA.
If you have veteran refs thinking that the ball gets "chopped in" when a made free throw hits the floor, they need to attend the next clinic for new referee candidates. Why the heck do we put our arm up after the last made free throw?
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