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Was watching the Championship Game last night and saw something that happened and I sat there thinking how the heck would this be administered if it actually happened the way it could have. If someone can pull a video after I describe the play that would be great!

Scenario:

I do not remember who was on offense and defense, but it doesn't matter.

Team A is on a fast break. The guard from Team A dribbles to the corner, a post player from Team A cuts to the basket. The guard fires a Randy Johnson fastball to the cutter and the pass is too hot to handle. The ball goes through the cutters hands but is deflected towards the rim and almost goes in. Now in this process at about the same point the pass is going through the hands, a defender shoves the cutter in the back. The official has the foul and they give Team A the ball for a throw in on the baseline.

My question is what if the ball had went in the goal on the muffed pass and we still had the foul at the same point? I'm thinking the only way to handle it is to count the basket and award team A the ball for a throw in on the baseline.

It was a play I've never seen before and the officials did get together and discuss if it should be a shooting foul, which ultimately they decided it was not, which in my opinion, it was not a shooting foul. They handled it correctly during the game, but I would of had to think about it some on the floor had the ball went in.