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Originally posted by jking_94577
This was last night. So defintely NBA rules. And even with HS or college rules he should not be able to do what he did last night. Essentially he was so far behind the basket he passed the ball behind the backboard and over for an alley-oop to his teammate who slammed it home.
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Which is legal in the NBA!
Rule 8 II b
Any ball that rebounds or passes directly behind the backboard, in either direction, from any point is considered out-of-bounds.
Note that it's OOB if it passes "behind the backboard." It does not say it's a violation if it passes "over the backboard."
Thu Nov 11, 2004, 08:50pm
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