Couple of questions

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by bas2456

Team A is on offense running the break. A1 tosses to A2 as sort of an alley-oop type of play without the dunk. A2 tips ball with left hand toward basket. Ball doesn't hit anything, and A2, after landing, grabs ball and puts it in.

Is the play a traveling violation?

Team A shoots a three. Ball hits the heel of the rim and caroms all the way into the backcourt. These are shorter courts than normal, so this happens occasionally. Team A retrieves ball in the backcourt.

Backcourt violation?

I was the scorekeeper on this game so I couldn't have made a call anyway.

It's not a travel if the official determines it's a try/tap

There is no team control on a shot therefore this is not backcourt

-Josh

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by jdmara

It's not a travel if the official determines it's a try/tap.

It makes no difference whether it's a try/tap or not. The player tapped the ball and then gained control of it. Nowhere in the player did he step with a pivot foot while holding the ball.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

It makes no difference whether it's a try/tap or not. The player tapped the ball and then gained control of it. Nowhere in the player did he step with a pivot foot while holding the ball.

It may, however, be an illegal dribble...but that's another story.

[VolDoug]

What if a player, while approaching his basket on a break-away, tosses the ball off of the backboard and dunks it without the ball touching the rim? Legal?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by VolDoug

What if a player, while approaching his basket on a break-away, tosses the ball off of the backboard and dunks it without the ball touching the rim? Legal?

Yes, it's legal.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by VolDoug

What if a player, while approaching his basket on a break-away, tosses the ball off of the backboard and dunks it without the ball touching the rim? Legal?

Legal. This is typically "considered" a shot attempt even though we know he's not really trying to make it.