After all these posts, I think we can all agree on one thing. When a rule is changed, it will sometimes unintentionally conflict with other existing rules. IMO, that's what happened here.
I'm going to amend my view a little bit.
The intent of this rule is to take some of the guesswork out of officiating and give a team credit for 3 points even if they were trying an alley-oop. If someone bounces a pass off of an oppenent and it goes in, I would have a hard time justifying giving them 3 points, based on common sense. (Although I do believe that's what the rule says.) I believe that was the intent of NFHS when this rule was written.
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