Do we shoot FT or is the game over?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by zm1283

How are you going to shoot FTs for a shot that never happened?

What does the shot happening have to do with being fouled in the act of shooting?

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Good point; I missed that the horn went off prior to release. That changes everything, BTW. The ball is dead at the horn since the try hadn't been released yet. No foul (unless it's intentional or flagrant contact), and no free throws.

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

What does the shot happening have to do with being fouled in the act of shooting?

See above. How are you going to shoot FTs if the try had not been released before the horn?

I was using a figure of speech more than anything else.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by zm1283

See above. How are you going to shoot FTs if the try had not been released before the horn?

I was using a figure of speech more than anything else.

If the foul had happened prior to the horn, and the shot was not released prior to the horn, you would still shoot free throws (even if no one saw the clock and thus no time was put back on).

[tjones1]

Bingo... thanks. I knew I over read something.

[BLydic]

Great situation! Nice read, thanks to all posters.

[BillyMac]

Rule 6-7: The ball becomes dead, or remains dead, when:

Article 7: A foul, other than player- or team-control, occurs

EXCEPTION: The ball does not become dead until the try or tap ends, or until the airborne shooter returns to the floor, when:

c: Article 7 occurs by any opponent of a player who has started a try or tap for goal (is in the act of shooting) before the foul occurred, provided time did not expire before the ball was in flight. The trying motion must be continuous and begins after the ball comes to rest in the player’s hand(s) on a try or touches the hand(s) on a tap, and is completed when the ball is clearly in flight. The trying motion may include arm, foot or body movements used by the player when throwing the ball at his/her basket.

Wow. Great thread. Before I read this thread, I would have awarded the offensive player two free throws, because he was in the act of shooting, as an airborne shooter, and I would have believed that the ball would remain alive until he landed. I guess that I would have been wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

as an airborne shooter,

You might want to read this definition, too.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

You might want to read this definition, too.

AIRBORNE SHOOTER
ART. 1 . . . An airborne shooter is a player who has released the ball on a try
for a goal or has tapped the ball and has not returned to the floor.
ART. 2 . . . The airborne shooter is considered to be in the act of shooting.