A1 falls down holding the ball but lands on B1 who is already on the floor (don't ask, let's just say no illegal contact involved). A1 does not at any time touch the floor.

Travel? Or not.

Uhh...
 

Travel.

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David

Does he move his pivot foot? I think I saw his pivot foot move.

You can move your pivot foot legally.

Sounds like a travel--assuming he moved his pivot. I've yet to see someone fall and keep one foot on the floor.....but there's a first for everything! ;)

I know. I'm thinking PC here. B1 is disadvantaged by the contact because he can't get up.

Let's put it this way: If you call a travel who's going to argue?

I once saw this in an NBA game. Kevin McHale secured an offensive rebound, fell back onto a player who had fallen on the floor. While sitting on the other player (don't know if it was a teammate or not), McHale shot the ball and it went in. Good basket.

What if B1's hand was OOB when A1 fell on him/her?

I believe touching a person who is out of bounds does not make you out of bounds. That's defined in the rulebook somewhere where it defines touching a "thing" out of bounds and it specifically says that a person does not count as a "thing"....if that makes any sense at all. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

I thought that the NBA rule was NO travelling if you fell with the ball. I also thought that there's an NBA rule saying if an official calls travelling more than once a game, he's automatically fined and suspended. Or does it just seem that way?

NBA basketball- it's fantaaaaastic<font size = -3>(but we can't beat Italy)</font>.

The reason I ask, if you look at rule 7-1-2,2 says any other person. But then I read Case play 7-1-1 A

Ah, nevermind, they differenciate between player and ball, I got it!

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Do you mean that there was no illegal contact that caused B to go to the floor? Or do you mean that A falling on B was not illegal contact? I would call the travel, but just for fun, is there any way to justify this as a PC foul?

If the ball crosses the plane of the endzone without A1 being down by contact it's a touch.... er... nevermind.

Been a while since I've watched the NBA (10 years) but last I knew, traveling was thrown out of their rule book.