spirit of the rule

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by gslefeb

If a player going in for a layup runs so fast after make the shot they leave the playing court - do you call this?
...If someone trips and lands out of bounds.

gslefeb - both of these situations are expressly allowed, and there is no judgement needed. "Unauthoized" leaving the court only has to do with intentionally leaving the playing court during "normal" plays; the obvious example is a player going around a screen along a line OOB, instead of stopping, or taking the longer way inbounds. Falling OOB, or momentum carrying a player OOB, has never been a violation under this rule.