Quote:
Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer
Illegal
7-6
Art 2...The throw-in starts when the ball is at the disposal of a player of the team entitled to the throw-in. The thrower shall released the ball on a pass directly into the court, except as in 7-5-7, within five seconds after the throw-in starts. The throw-in pass shall touch another player (inbounds or out of bounds) on the court before going out of bounds. The throw-in pass shall not touch a teammate while it is on the out-of-bounds side of the throw-in boundary plane.
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And now for the why....
Since B can not touch the ball or reach through the line while it is in the hands of the thrower this prevents the thrower from dropping the ball into A2's hands in an area where B is not allowed to defend.