I would say Team A is stupid for repeatedly holding the ball over the plane and allowing Team B to tie them up. Keep the ball on their side of the plane and at worse, they're getting a delay of game warning on B if they cross the plane and miss the ball/thrower.

Just the way it is, though. Case play 6.4.5.B.

And the first line of that starts, "During an alternating possession throw-in ..." How is it treated differently if this happens during a non-AP determined throw-in? (Sorry, but that was nagging this fuzzbrain since JR brought it up previously.)

Just following through because I get the anxious feeling that, just like playing the same lotto numbers for a while and then quitting -- BAM! -- you know the sitch is going to come up at the next opportunity. After this I merely lurk and learn for a while. Promise.

Like this:

We Don't Care That Timmy Fell In The Abandoned Well, This Is More Important ...
 

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The defender may not break the imaginary plane during a throwin until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass. If the defender breaks the imaginary plane during a throwin before the ball has been released on a throw-in pass, the defender’s team will receive a team delay warning, or if the team has already been warned for one of the four delay situations, this action would result in a team technical foul. If the defender contacts the ball after breaking the imaginary plane, it is a player technical foul and a team delay warning will be recorded. If the defender breaks the imaginary plane, and fouls the inbounding player, it is an intentional personal foul, and a team delay warning will be recorded. It is an intentional personal foul if the defender fouls the inbounding player, even without breaking the imaginary plane, however, in this specific case, there is no delay of game warning because the defender did not break the boundary plane.

How many have actually seen this happen? I have not.

*insert plumber joke here*