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Originally posted by devdog69
The other thread reminded me of a play we had in the postseason here. Player A in the frontcourt attempted an alley oop, clearly a pass and not a shot, it hits the backboard and goes into the backcourt where A recovers it. What have you got, and what would you call?
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It is really quite clear from the wording of the rules that this is a backcourt violation.
4-13 Court Areas
Art. 1 ...The frontcourt of a team consists of that part of the court between its end line and the nearer edge of the division line,
including its basket and the inbounds part of the backboard.
4-4 Ball Location, at Disposal
Art. 5 ...A ball which touches the front faces or edges of the backboard is treated the same as touching the floor inbounds, except that when the ball touches the thrower's backboard it does not constitute part of a dribble.
Since we do not have a rule that states that once the ball hits the board it equates to a shot, this play consists of nothing more than Team A being in control, the ball hitting the frontcourt (since the bounce off the backboard is to be treated the same as touching the floor inbounds and the backboard is in the frontcourt), and then the ball going into the backcourt where Team A is the first to touch it after being the last to touch it before it went there.
This is definitely a backcourt violation.