Help-Brain freeze

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A1 dribbles to a stop, holding the ball firmly in both hands. B1 attempts a steal, cleanly knocking ball to floor where it immediately returns to A1 and he holds it again with two hands. Can he start a new dribble? I see in 4.15.4 a similar play and 9-5-2 says a second dribble can be started if touched by an opponent. This is one of those so obvious plays, yet for some reason part of my brain's telling me no

[Raymond]

And why is your brain telling you "no"?

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I'm not sure. I was doing a 9-10 boys rec game sat and the play happened and the kid was just standing there froze in his tracks after the defender had slapped the ball down. Eventually he passed it to a teammate, then as I was going up court, I heard his coach tell him he could have dribbled again. In my mind I actually wasn't sure, or even if I had ever remembered seeing it. Crazy what time will do to you sometimes