Thread: Over the backboard shot?
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Old Mon Feb 15, 2010, 01:23am
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Rule 8, Sec 2-A
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Originally Posted by bas2456 View Post
Check this out...http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.ele...Rook_09-10.pdf

Rule 8-2-b is essentially the same as the NCAA rule. Page 31 for quick reference.
Rule 8-2-b deals with balls that rebound or are passed but doesn't deal with shots. I think we have to go to 8-2.a as our only hope of stopping circus shots. If the ball hits the supports or the back of the backboard it is dead thus the shot would be no good. (I presume this includes the shot clock and its supports.)

Sorry for the NBA questions but I had to clear this one up before class on Monday. Thanks for the help and the PDF of the NBA rulebook--I will pass it on to the class.
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