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Originally Posted by billyu2
Right. And that is what I was thinking about later. However, all three of us agreed while discussing this after the game that this player was not making an attempt to score. In fact, should he have been fouled while trying to get rid of the ball, we would not have awarded him free throws for being in the act of shooting. He was definitely trying to throw the ball toward the corner. The ball just happened to hit the bottom of the backboard, which brings us back to 9.5 and whether team control ended.
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If the ball had gone in the basket instead of hitting the board, would you have allowed the basket? (remember, you said he wasn't trying to score)