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Old Tue Dec 23, 2008, 04:25pm
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...the ball cannot break the plane of the back board,...
I will quibble with this statement. The ball most certainly can bounce off the rim, break the plane on top, bounce on the top edge three (or more) times, then bounce back past the front of the backboard. No violation.

It is only a violation if the ball passes over the top (front-to-back or back-to-front).

But, I'm sure that's what you meant.
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Old Tue Dec 23, 2008, 07:10pm
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The front, top, sides, and bottom of the backboard are all in play. The ball cannot pass over a rectangular backboard from either direction. The back of a backboard is out of bounds as well as the supporting structures.
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Old Tue Dec 23, 2008, 08:40pm
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Had to bring this up, huh? My partner called this twice last game from lead. Grrr.
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Old Wed Dec 24, 2008, 11:42am
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Had to bring this up, huh? My partner called this twice last game from lead. Grrr.
I'm assuming what you're talking about is that your partner called the ball out of bounds when it touched the top or side of the backboard. What did you do? Nothing?
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