Thread: when you shoot the ball from the back of backboard
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Old Sun Jul 26, 2009, 11:08am
Mregor Mregor is offline
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Originally Posted by Hugh Refner View Post
Check it out. If you look closely at the official, he seems to be waving the shot off.

YouTube - Larry Bird behind the backboard unbelievable shot
Sure looks like it to me too. I wonder what the discussion and ultimate explanation was? I have no idea whether in the NBA it is/was a legal shot to shoot over the backboard so I have no opinion on that but the Lead sure looks to be signaling no shot.

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