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Originally Posted by Adam
I don't have much of a problem with giving him 3 free throws. Frankly, it looks to me like he knew he was about to get fouled so he decided to put up a shot. Best case, he doesn't get fouled and ends up running the clock out with that shot attempt. Next best, he gets fouled and gets three shots, and the coach for the other team loses his mind and adds four more free throws to the mix. Worst case, no foul, and the ball is rebounded by the defense or goes OOB with less than a second left.
Looks like a pretty heady play to me.
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Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook were real good at doing this in the NBA.
This used to happen all the time in the NBA...so the League came out with an new interpretation to its continuation rule stating that when a team is taking a "take foul" on the perimeter, a player is only considered in the act of shooting when they start their upward motion with the ball instead of when the ball was gathered. The only time this wouldn't apply is if it's a last second shot on the game clock or shot clock. In this instant, under NBA rules, he wouldn't be awarded 3 shots.
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