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Originally Posted by TimTaylor
1. Per the OP's situation as described, A1 was awarded 2 free throws.
2. Per 7-2-a, the ball becomes dead when it is apparent that a free throw will not be successful on a free throw which is to be followed by another free throw. It's automatically dead - there is nothing that requires an official's whistle.
3. Now let's look at 5-1: A goal is made when a live ball enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through.
As the ball was immediately dead after A1's miss on the first FT attempt per 7-2-a, B1 can't possibly score because it is not a goal per 5-1.
The correct ruling is to disallow/cancel the "goal" by B1 and line everyone up for A1's 2nd attempt.
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Sometimes we try to make calculus out of basic arithmetic.
One of the five correctable errors is failure to award a merited FT. What generally happens after we fail to award a merited FT? The ball becomes live. That's why it's an error in the first place. If we mess up in terms of applying NF 7-2a then NF 2-10 and its conditions kick in to correct things.
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