Two Points Or Three Points ...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I went back to the horse's mouth:

Three points shall be awarded for any ball thrown, passed, or shot from beyond the three point arc that passes through a team’s own basket. Where in most situations a try can be differentiated from a pass, to eliminate possible confusion this change should help to clarify by not requiring judgment as to whether the ball in flight was a pass or a try.

A deflection is not a pass, nor is it a try, nor is it thrown.

It could count as two points, but never three points.

Is this a reference to the original rules change?

Peace