More AAU Nonsense

[eg-italy]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

... and when Team A got the rebound their coach instructed them to toss the ball into the opponents basket, which they did with less than five seconds remaining and proceeded to let the clock run out. This sent the game into overtime and gave them four more minutes to get the necessary points. I don't know how it came out.

In my opinion, it was a travesty of the game.

There was many years ago something like that in an international game, when Real Madrid (I believe) scored in their own (the opponents') basket to go to overtime, in order to try and win with a better difference.

To avoid this, FIBA introduced the rule that if a player intentionally shoots in their own basket (which is the opponents' in USA terminology), then the basket does not count and the ball goes to the opponents, who can do what they want (for example, receive a foul and miss purposely the free throws).

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