This happened to me a couple of years ago in a kid's AAU basketball game. I blew the ball dead. Right after I blew my whistle, a kid (B1) stepped into the lane and retrieved the ball for me. If I had not blown the ball dead, we would have a double violation and would have had to go with the alt. posession arrow.
I spoke with some of my fellow officials and they said that it was the right call.
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