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Old Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac View Post
The front, top, sides, and bottom of the backboard are all in play. The ball cannot legally pass over a rectangular backboard from either direction. The back of a backboard is out of bounds as well as the supporting structures.

Note that Larry Bird's shot would count if they were playing on a court with fan shaped backboards. Of course, there aren't too many NBA teams that play on courts with fan shaped backboards anymore.
The shot didn't count back then, but would count today (NBA rules).
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