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Old Tue Jan 05, 2016, 12:30pm
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Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes View Post
I respectfully disagree. The tap or try ended once dunked ball had passed through the hoop.
ART.6 . . . Time expires for a quarter or extra period (see exception a below).
EXCEPTION: The ball does not become dead until the tap or try ends, or until the airborne shooter returns to the floor, when:
a. Article 5, 6, or 7 occurs while a try or tap fora field goal is in flight.

The "WHEN" part, in this case, would be...

When (Time expires for a quarter or extra period) occurs while a try or tap for a field goal is in flight.

I agree with Bob. Time did not expire for a quarter while the try was in flight... it expired immediately after the try ended (as you stated, actually).
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