Another 3-seconds question

[rainmaker]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BktBallRef

Originally posted by rainmaker
It sounds like what you're saying is that if A1 is dribbling outside the 3-pt line, and fumbles, and then re-asserts his/her dribble, we start over with the 3-second count on A2, who has been in the paint the whole time. Is that right?

Opps! Less not confuse a fumble and an interrupted dribble. They are not the same. Let's re--phrase the question.

It sounds like what you're saying is that if A1 is dribbling outside the 3-pt line, and the ball bounces off his leg, and then re-asserts his/her dribble, we start over with the 3-second count on A2, who has been in the paint the whole time. Is that right?

Yes.


Oh, dear. Now I'm back to being confused about interrupted dribbles and fumbles. If it bounces off his leg, and then he re-dribbles, isn't that double dribble, or travel? Is it interrupted dribble if the defender swats away the ball and then the dribbler gets it back? If the dribbler fumbles, and thus there isn't an interrupted dribble, the 3-second count keeps going? If I'm lead and the ball is a long ways away, with eight or nine players between me and the ball, what if I can't tell if it's a fumble or an interrupted dribble?

Is this why our commissioner says never call 3-seconds until the person who is over limit in the key receives the ball?

Thanks for the help!!

[Edited by rainmaker on Mar 31st, 2001 at 10:50 PM]