Correction, Sir!
Aargh is right Tony. One of the more veteran officials I was working with was trying to convince me of a similar rule of thumb....
When we got out the manual (at his suggestion)... and when he saw my marked up diagram, he swallowed his tongue.
I only have last years books here but Diagram 3 in the mechanics manual (page 21) shows anything below an imaginary line drawn from the ENDS OF THE FREE THROW LINE to the corners of the court OR within the key, including the free-throw semi-circle, goes to the endline. Other positions go to the sideline. Three point line has no bearing.
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