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Old Sun Jan 09, 2011, 09:01pm
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Originally Posted by bainsey View Post
Exactly. I read "the violation" as either goaltending or basket interference, since nothing is telling me that we're only talking about b.i. This tells me that offensive goaltending can indeed exist.

My end game is to find something that says that the offense can only commit basket interference, and not goaltending. I've yet to find such words.

bainsey, it's right their in black and white. He even highlighted it for you.

9-12 Penalties
2. If the violation is at a team’s own basket, no points can be scored, and the ball is awarded to the opponents for a throw-in from the designated out-ofbounds spot nearest the violation.
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