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A couple of days ago a local official inquired about a similar situation.
He described A1 making a basket while running full speed and his momentum carrying him out of bounds near the basket. While B1 collects the ball on quickly steps OOB to make the throw-in pass, A1 turns around and starts moving back inbounds.
A1 makes no contact with B1, who releases the throw-in pass towards teammate B2. However, as A1 is in mid-stride crossing the boundary plane he reaches out and blocks the thrown pass.
We discussed a few points, which I thought would be nice to post on this forum:
The feet of A1 are: a. one inbounds and one OOB, b. one inbounds and one in the air, c. both in the air and neither has yet to touch inbounds.
Then we discussed the released ball being on the outside of the boundary plane or the inbounds side of the boundary plane.
Finally, we discussed what if the thrower had not yet released the pass and A1 had knocked the ball free, either purposely with his hand or accidentally with his hip while running by B1.
(For those who care, in the actual play A1 was judged to have one foot out of bounds and the other in the air, yet to touch inbounds. The surprising factor is that the C made the call on this play!)
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