No try, ball dead on foul

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by deecee

Please stop.

Please back off the statement below:

Originally Posted by deecee

If a ball goes in the basket, and I'm officiating, then the intent was to score.

Please explain what statement of mine lead one to believe that I wouldn't count the basket (below):

Originally Posted by deecee

Team A shoots and misses, A1 goes to rebound but the ball bounces off his shoulder and go in the basket. Go ahead, cancel the goal. I'll love watching the youtube videos of you go viral.

Usually, the ball enters the basket as the result of a try, but sometimes it doesn't. When that rare event happens, it's important to understand the ramifications of the rule.

Originally Posted by just another ref

Billy's example is obviously an extreme one. But intent is obviously a question which sometimes must be answered.