Sideline: Forced OOB

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Originally posted by DrakeM
Here's my take,
I know this particular rule point has been argued before, but, if a dribbler purposely goes out-of bounds to avoid a defender, leaving the ball on the court, then comes back in and continues the dribble, that is ILLEGAL! Violation, B's ball. So in this case;
If B1 has legal guarding position, A1 "forces" his way through the gap, bumps into A1, goes out of bounds,
then regains dribble after coming inbounds, Violation on A1,
award B the ball.

Based on what rule reference, Drake.

Originally posted by Mregor

Not in my opinion. Intention has everything to do with it. An interrupted dribble is when the ball bounces off a foot or the player looses it (wish I had a book here). If they intentionally bounce the the ball inbounds, step OOB, come back in, and continues the dribble, that is not an interrupted dribble. In my opinion there is no interruption and as soon as the player steps OOB it's a violation. I'm done.

Mregor

Sorry Rog, but the rule book disagrees with your opinion.

4-15-5
An interrupted dribble occurs when the ball is loose after deflecting off the dribbler or after it momentarily gets away from the dribbler. There is no player control during an interrupted dribble.

Note that the words "intentional" and "accidental" are not included. The simple fact is that if the ball has momentarily gotten away from the player. Therefore, it is an interrupted dribble, no matter whether intenional or not.