Saving the ball by throwing it off an opposing player happens all the time. Where is the line crossed? Is it by certain body parts? If so would we then have to interpret if the player was throwing at some other part and accidentally hit them in an off limit part? So many questions.
I will say when I played back in highschool a teamate of mine was chasing a ball that was going backcourt after being tipped by two guys on the floor. He jumped in the air and threw it back at the guy laying on the ground in an effort to knock it off of him and out of bounds. The ball hit the player in the floor in the head. The official called him for a T then.
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