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Originally Posted by Johnny Ringo
On a throw in after a made basket, A1 throws a pass.
B1 makes contact with the ball after it leaves A1's hand, but the ball has still not crossed the plane from OOB to inbounds.
Is this anything? Tech on B1?
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Johnny,
As BillyMac and Bob have pointed out, the judgment you must make is WHEN did the hand break the plane? IF the ball was released while the defender was on the inbounds side of the vertical plane, he/she may break said plane to LEGALLY play the ball. On the other hand, IF the ball was still in the inbounder's hands when the defender broke the plane (even without touching the ball), either a warning (if no such warning had previously been given to that team) or a technical (team technical, if the ball was not touched, but a warning had been given and a player technical if the ball was still in the inbounders hands had a warning been previously issued).
Rule 7-6-4 which states:
ART. 4 . . .
The opponent(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary plane until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass. See 9-2-10 Penalty.
covers this one.