Made a layup at wrong basket

[stiffler3492]

Had my first official games of the season last night. Had the old made-a-layup-in-the-wrong-basket come up.

Team A inbounds from the endline furthest from their basket. A2 catches the inbounds pass and immediately shoots and makes a layup...in the wrong basket.

We stopped play, counted the two points for B, then set up for a throw in by Team A. Only problem was, I couldn't remember whether or not it's a spot throw in.

So which is it?

[Toren]

Without the help of my rulebook

I would assume this to be a running the endline situation. Reason I say that is, it would penalize Team A even more than just awarding Team B 2 points, it would now cost them the ability to run the endline. That seems to me to be too much of a penalty for being ignorant on the part of Team A.

[APG]

Yes, the ensuing throw-in is anywhere along the endline. 7-5-7

[JRutledge]

Look at it this way, it is still an awarded (made) basket. So the rules apply the same as with other situations on a made basket.

Peace

[Camron Rust]

It is still a goal even if it was not a try.

[JugglingReferee]

It would be a d**k of a rule to not let A run the end line after a mess up like that.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It is still a goal even if it was not a try.

For the newer officials, the reason it's not a try is that a try is defined as an attempt to throw the ball into a team's own goal. So throwing the ball into the opponent's goal still counts as two points (since a live ball passed through the basket), but is not a try.

So if a common foul occurs during the throw (at the opponent's goal), continuous motion does not apply and no free throws are awarded.