Thread: Reference for Throwing Ball off Own Backboard
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Old Fri Dec 30, 2016, 05:46pm
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Originally Posted by Nevadaref View Post
Break-away situation. Player alone decides to show off. He tosses the ball off the backboard, then runs and jumps to grab the ball and dunk it.

The throwing of the ball off the backboard is clearly not an attempt to score, but it is legal because of Case play 9.5
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
Nothing in 9.5 indicates or implies that the player is granted a new dribble, just that trowing it off the board and catching (which is not a dribble) it is legal.

I don't any thing that suggests the dribble rules are suspended.
If 9.5 doesn't mean the slate is clear and he's free to do anything, then wouldn't the dunk play be traveling?
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