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Originally posted by Back In The Saddle
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Originally posted by Grail
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Originally posted by SamIAm
When it goes over the backboard.
The top of the backboard is not OOB. However sometimes the ball contacts part of the basket/backboard support structure near the top and is OOB due to that contact. Same contact can happen with a shot clock mounted near the top of the backboard.
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Unless it is a Fan-Shaped backboard. The top of that board is OOB.
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The difference between fan-shaped and rectangular backboards (aside from the shape, obviously) is that the ball is not OOB if it passes over a fan-shaped backboard.
I have yet to find any reason for this rule, BTW. Does anybody know why this difference exists?
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It's legal for the ball to pass by the
side of a rectangular board, but not over the top. On a fan-shaped board though, you can't tell where the sides and top meet or end. Iow, you can't equally apply the same rules logic to both boards. That's why there's no restrictions on a fan-shaped board.
Wed Mar 01, 2006, 04:18am
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