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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Read the definition of ball location. A pass or try in flight has the location of where the ball last touched the court or a player. Therefore an air creates a violation from the location of the shooter.
I believe that we can all agree that the violation occurs before the unsuccessful try strikes the floor or a player standing near the basket.
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Ball location doesn't really have anything to do with this (well, it can, but not in the situation where the try was released). It's all about the spot of the violation.
Compare this to a throw-in. It's a violation for "fails to pass the ball ... so that ... it touches a player ..."
The spot is where the pass failed, not where the ball went OOB.
The wording for a shot clock violation does not say "fails to release the ball so the ball strikes the ring." It says it's a violation "
when .... the try does not strike the ring."