DOG warning

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

I am not thinking of this play as a leaving the court for an unauthorized reason situation but a Delay of Game. They broke the throw in boundary albeit 15 feet away from the thrower in-er.
The rule I am wondering about is 9-2-10:
The opponent(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary-line plane until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass.

Was this a spot throw-in? If so, the boundary of the throw-in spot is only 3 feet wide.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Was this a spot throw-in? If so, the boundary of the throw-in spot is only 3 feet wide.

While the throw-in spot is only 3 feet wide the length of the boundary plane remains the same and it is the entire boundary plane to which the rule applies.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Sharpshooternes

9-2-10: The opponent(s) of the thrower shall not have any part of his/her person through the inbounds side of the throw-in boundary-line plane until the ball has been released on a throw-in pass.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

While the throw-in spot is only 3 feet wide the length of the boundary plane remains the same and it is the entire boundary plane to which the rule applies.

Plane – a flat surface that extends in all directions without end.