Correctable Error

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Two technical foul free throws successful (or unsuccessful) at the wrong basket.

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Count the points for the team that shot the FTs

Originally Posted by BillyMac

... how about a citation to hang our hats on. Better yet, consider it a written test question.

4-5: A team’s own basket is the one into which its players try to throw or tap the ball. If by mistake the officials permit a team to go the wrong direction, when discovered all points scored, fouls committed, and time consumed must count as if each team had gone the proper direction. Play must resume with each team going the proper direction based on bench location.

With 4-5 saying to count the points for the team that shot the free throws, why is "attempting a free throw at the wrong basket" considered to be a correctable error if it doesn't have to be corrected?

If, due to an officials error, free throws are shot at the wrong basket, and the error is caught within the time frame, why do we have correct the error and go down to the other end to shoot again (after cancelling points scored at the wrong basket) when 4-5 says to count the points for the team that shot the free throws (and then resume by going the right way)?