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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
Or said another way, you clear the lane if the ball will remain dead (no rebounds) after the last FT of the current set is shot regardless of whether the last shot is made or missed.
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Without my book in front of me, this is roughly the way the actual rule is worded. Lane spaces shall not be occupied on a FT in which the ball becomes dead [i.e. it is pre-determined that it will be dead] when the free throw ends.
Because 90% of the time this situation occurs in conjunction with intentional and technical fouls, newer officials (and fans) tend to associate this rule/action exclusively with those infractions. But this is not the case. Before, it could also happen on free throws with 0.0 on the clock, or perhaps when you have a common foul on the front-end of a 1-and-1 (to name a few examples). This new rule and administration is simply an extension of a concept that is not new.